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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Orchid Fever.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the Ghost Orchid blossom?
(a) Between May and August.
(b) Between June and August.
(c) Between May and September.
(d) Between December and April.

2. Who was put into a coma from the car accident John Laroche had?
(a) His father.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) His neighbor.

3. What refers to any of a class of angiosperm plants having a single cotyledon in the seed?
(a) Eudicot.
(b) Austrobaileyale.
(c) Magnoliid.
(d) Monocot.

4. What kind of pollination do orchids undergo?
(a) Self-pollination.
(b) They do not pollinate.
(c) Cross-pollination.
(d) Auto-polination.

5. John Laroche claimed his plan was to teach the Seminoles everything he knows about what?
(a) Nature.
(b) Botany.
(c) Cypress trees.
(d) The swamp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What parts of the Ghost Orchid did Susan and her park ranger friend see in A Green Hell?

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

3. What did John Laroche plan on doing with the orchids he stole in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

4. After Hurricane Andrew hit, Laroche had given up his nursery business forever, saying that he would die of what if he ever opened one up again?

5. Pollination of the Ghost Orchid is done by what?

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