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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 does CITES stand for?

2. When was Charles Darwin born?

3. What orchid hunter sent a telegram saying that the ship he was on had caught fire and was lost, yet Frederick Sander insisted he move on?

4. What kind of orchid was John Laroche accused of attempting to steal in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

5. John Laroche is introduced as being an eccentric person who is tall, skinny and handsome despite what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What scene did Laroche cause at a friend's nursery in Cloning the Ghost?

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

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

7. Where had John Laroche first been inspired to grow plants?

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

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

10. What is special about the pollination of orchids?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the world of contemporary plant and orchid collecting. How many orchid collectors are there today? Has this changed considerably?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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