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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. How many plants called Elaine were to be dumped at Kerry's Bromeliads?

2. What doctor separated Osceola's head from his body?

3. What refers to a species of flowering plant in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to subtropical and tropical South America?

4. One of Tom Fennell's neighbors had bell peppers worth how much money stolen from his fields?

5. The poisonous South American toad now can grow up to how many pounds?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the only way into the Fakahatchee Strand? How was the road built?

3. What nursery had the Fennells owned? Why had they closed it?

4. Who was Osceola?

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

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

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

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

9. What did the Gulf American Company sell?

10. What did Tom Fennell say of Laroche's plan with the Ghost Orchid?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe John Laroche's car accident and the impact of Hurricane Andrew on Florida. When did Andrew hit?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the process of orchid cloning. When did orchid cloning begin? How has it evolved?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the fauna and flora of the Fakahatchee Strand. What dangerous animals must one be wary of in the swamps?

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