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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. Where did Susan meet nearly every other orchid grower she had met in Florida, including Martin Motes, Tom Fennell, Bob Fuchs, Frank Smith in Fortunes?
(a) The Central Florida Orchid Society Show.
(b) The North Florida Orchid Society Show.
(c) The Southeast Orchid Society Show.
(d) The South Florida Orchid Society Show.

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

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

4. Who accompanies Denise to Motes Orchids in Anyone Can Grow Orchids?
(a) Trent.
(b) Ron.
(c) Jeremy.
(d) Richard.

5. One of the largest nurseries in south Florida, Kerry's Bromeliads houses over how many orchids?
(a) 7.7 million.
(b) 3.6 million.
(c) 1.2 million.
(d) 950,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kerry's Bromeliads houses how many bromeliads?

2. What doctor separated Osceola's head from his body?

3. What was the name of Gary Zill's nursery?

4. What nursery had Tom Fennell once owned?

5. What refers to a species of flowering plant in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to subtropical and tropical South America?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Discuss the beginning history of the Fakahatchee Strand described in The Good Life.

6. Who was Osceola?

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

8. What does CITES stand for? What conflict do people have about CITES' regulations?

9. Who did Martin Motes take Susan to meet in Fortunes? What was Susan's impression?

10. What did Laroche do with the stolen orchids? What is revealed of them in The Good Life?

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