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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. Where was Osceola born?

2. What nursery does Robert Fuchs own?

3. How many greenhouses in the Orchid Jungle were destroyed by Hurricane Andrew?

4. What is the name of Lee Moore's wife?

5. What apes in the family Hylobatidae are often smuggled into Florida?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who had traveled to Washington D. C. on horseback to repeal a law amongst the Seminoles?

2. What is the history of the origin of the Seminole Indians? When had they largely moved from Florida?

3. What does CITES stand for? What conflict do people have about CITES' regulations?

4. What was the result of many poachers taking plants from swamps in south Florida?

5. What did Susan envy about the orchid growers and collectors in Fortunes?

6. What did Laroche do with the stolen orchids? What is revealed of them in The Good Life?

7. How successful had the plant smuggler from Barbecued Doves been in his high time?

8. Discuss the beginning history of the Fakahatchee Strand described in The Good Life.

9. What are examples of things smuggled into Florida?

10. What about Laroche did Susan marvel about in Fortunes? What did Laroche go on to work with after plants?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the theme of obsession apply to "The Orchid Thief"? What symbols and metaphors support this theme?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Frederick Sander, Benedict Roezl and William Micholitz and orchid hunting in the Victorian era. What defined the Victorian era?

Essay Topic 3

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

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