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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. Alligators have remained largely unchanged for how many years?

2. Where was Benedict Roezl from?

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

4. When did William Spencer Cavendish begin collecting orchids?

5. What is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was William Micholitz? What story is related of him?

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

4. Describe orchid hunting. When did this activity begin?

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

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

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

8. Why had Laroche chosen orchids for cultivation? What did he begin with?

9. Where did Susan go after the orchid show in Miami in Cloning the Ghost?

10. How had Laroche gone about building a nursery for the Seminoles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Describe the setting of Florida, the Fakahatchee Strand, and the trial of John Laroche. Where is the Fakahatchee Strand located in Florida?

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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