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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. What event had John Laroche attended which got him into plants and horticulture?

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

3. Where did Susan Orlean leave to go to Florida in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

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

5. When did Charles Darwin publish Fertilization of Orchids?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Susan remark about the power of orchids on people in Orchid Fever?

2. Where did Susan arrive to watch Laroche's trial? What did he reveal of his plans?

3. Who were Frederick Sander and Benedict Roezl?

4. Where did Laroche take Susan in Gorgeous?

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

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

7. Who took Susan into the Fakahatchee Strand in A Green Hell? What was he like?

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

9. How many species of orchids are there? How are they named?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Seminole Tribe of Florida. When did they originate and where? How much land do the Seminoles have today?

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

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

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