The Orchid Thief Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Susan Orlean
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The Orchid Thief Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Susan Orlean
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Anyone Can Grow Orchids.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Frederick Sander meet Benedict Roezl?
(a) 1871.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1867.

2. What killed most of Larouche's nursery stock after his car accident?
(a) Hail.
(b) A frost.
(c) Snow.
(d) A hurricane.

3. How many species are in the Pleurothallis genus of orchids?
(a) 475.
(b) 70.
(c) 200.
(d) 1000.

4. What did Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward put into a jar and then forget about it?
(a) A firefly.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A caterpillar.
(d) A moth.

5. What park ranger did Susan meet in A Green Hell?
(a) Troy.
(b) Mark.
(c) Mike.
(d) Tony.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What publication about orchids did Frederick Sander publish?

3. Where did the park ranger which Susan met in A Green Hell take her?

4. Susan learned that if an orchid breeder comes up with a good cross fertilization, they will get the monopoly in the market for how long?

5. Laroche told Susan that he understood her love of orchids because they bring about a sort of what in people?

(see the answer key)

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