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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What monkeys are the genus Lagothrix of New World monkeys, usually placed in the family Atelidae?
(a) Squirrel Monkeys.
(b) Wooly Monkeys.
(c) Owl Monkeys.
(d) Capuchins.

2. What periodical had run an article about the Orchid Jungle, leading to its becoming a tourist attraction?
(a) The Miami Herald.
(b) The Florida Times-Union.
(c) The Florida Voice Times.
(d) The Tampa Tribune.

3. The collector of Ghost Orchids in Plant Crimes had the secret of putting the baby ghost orchids in what kind of tree?
(a) Orange.
(b) Plum.
(c) Mango.
(d) Cypress.

4. Who owned the Gulf American Corporation?
(a) Julian Rosen.
(b) Julius and Leonard Rosen.
(c) Rose and Julius Rosen.
(d) Rose Julian.

5. What is the only way to reach the Fakahatchee Strand?
(a) Wekiwa Springs Loop Trail.
(b) The Tamiami Trail.
(c) The Appalachian Trail.
(d) Naples Park Nature Trail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Denise from in Anyone Can Grow Orchids?

2. The poisonous South American toad now can grow up to how long?

3. Kerry's Bromeliads houses how many bromeliads?

4. Where was Osceola born?

5. What company did Laroche go on to start after leaving the plant world behind?

Short Essay Questions

1. How successful had the plant smuggler from Barbecued Doves been in his high time?

2. What orchid show did Susan attend in Fortunes? Who did she see there?

3. What are examples of things smuggled into Florida?

4. Who had traveled to Washington D. C. on horseback to repeal a law amongst the Seminoles?

5. What is the history of the origin of the Seminole Indians? When had they largely moved from Florida?

6. What did Susan envy about the orchid growers and collectors in Fortunes?

7. What giant nursery did Tom Fennell take Susan to? What did they see there?

8. What decision did the judge reach in Laroche's case?

9. What did the Gulf American Company sell?

10. Who was Osceola?

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