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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. In Orchid Fever, Susan writes that the international trade in orchids is more than how much per year?

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

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

4. Laroche told Susan that he understood her love of orchids because they bring about a sort of what in people?

5. What did Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward put into a jar and then forget about it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What legal loophole did Laroche hope to employ in taking the Ghost Orchids?

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

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

4. Why did the park ranger tell Susan he believes people strive to see the Ghost Orchid?

5. Who were Frederick Sander and Benedict Roezl?

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

7. What did Susan think of Laroche after the orchid show in Gorgeous? What did he ask her?

8. When was the first orchid bloomed in England? Who began the collecting craze?

9. What did Susan learn about the cloning of orchids in Gorgeous?

10. What is the narrative point of view of the book? What is its tense and voice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How was the orchid trade during Victorian times is different than it is today? What dangers existed during that period? Are there dangers in hunting today?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the life and work of Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward. How did Ward's work change the plant-shipping industry?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the biology and history of the Ghost Orchid. How many Ghost Orchids are found in nurseries today?

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