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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 is a semi-aquatic tropical plant grown as a leaf vegetable also known as "swamp cabbage"?
(a) German kraut plant.
(b) Chinese water-spinach.
(c) Japanese lettuce.
(d) Siberian onion.

2. What nursery does Robert Fuchs own?
(a) R. F. Orchids.
(b) Rob's Orchids.
(c) Robbie's Orchids.
(d) Fuchs Nurseries.

3. In what neighborhood of Miami does Lee Moore live?
(a) Kendall.
(b) Edgewater.
(c) Flagami.
(d) Allapattah.

4. What was Osceola named at birth?
(a) John Lindley.
(b) Albert Carter.
(c) Billy Powell.
(d) Abraham Fulton.

5. What company had begun logging the Fakahatchee Strand for cypress trees in the 1950s?
(a) John Smith Swamp Logging.
(b) Steven's Timber Company.
(c) The Lee Tidewater Cypress Company.
(d) Jones Forestry Inc.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Osceola born?

2. Susan marveled at Laroche's ability to do what with something obsessed over?

3. Chief Billy Bowlegs had traveled to Washington D. C. on horseback to attempt to repeal a law passed in 1853 that had made it illegal for a Seminole to do what?

4. When did the government begin three Seminole "subjugation and removal efforts"?

5. When was the Cattleya Orchid named?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Robert Fuchs' family. When had they begun in the orchid business?

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

3. Describe plant poaching in south Florida. What examples does Susan provide in Plant Crimes?

4. What did Tom Fennell say of Laroche's plan with the Ghost Orchid?

5. What was the result of many poachers taking plants from swamps in south Florida?

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

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

8. What plant smuggler did Susan meet in Barbecued Doves? What did his wife talk about?

9. Who was Osceola?

10. Where did Susan go to hear Martin Motes speak? Who did she meet there?

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