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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Susan Orlean leave to go to Florida in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

2. Where was William Spencer Cavendish born?

3. What is the binomial name of the Ghost Orchid?

4. What snake is also known as the water moccasin, swamp moccasin or black moccasin?

5. What is the name of Charles Darwin's work of scientific literature which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Susan decide to go into the Fakahatchee Strand in A Green Hell? How did she feel entering it?

2. What did John Laroche reveal about his love of orchids in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

3. How big is the Fakahatchee Strand? What plants and animals live there?

4. Where did Susan first learn of John Laroche? Where did she go to learn more?

5. What demolished the remainder of Laroche's nursery before he worked for the Seminoles?

6. What events happened to John Laroche before he began working for the Seminoles?

7. Describe the Seminole Indians. Where do they live?

8. What knowledge did Laroche reveal while at an orchid show in Gorgeous? What did Susan learn there?

9. Why were the Seminoles looking for someone to start a nursery?

10. Where did Laroche take Susan in Gorgeous?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the international orchid trade. When did the international orchid trade begin? Is it regulated? How?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the American Orchid Society gala which Susan attended. Where did the gala take place? Who was in attendance?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the orchid family. What makes orchids special and different from other plants and collectible flowers?

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