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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Osceola's Head.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did John Laroche grow up?
(a) Downtown Tampa.
(b) North Miami.
(c) South Miami.
(d) East Tampa.

2. Who owned the Gulf American Corporation?
(a) Julius and Leonard Rosen.
(b) Julian Rosen.
(c) Rose Julian.
(d) Rose and Julius Rosen.

3. When was Frederick Sander born?
(a) 1831.
(b) 1847.
(c) 1835.
(d) 1828.

4. What was the name of Robert Fuchs' great-grandfather?
(a) Charles.
(b) Robert.
(c) Michael.
(d) Marcus.

5. John Laroche is introduced as being an eccentric person who is tall, skinny and handsome despite what?
(a) Missing an ear.
(b) Missing his front teeth.
(c) Missing eight fingers.
(d) Missing his left arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What company had begun logging the Fakahatchee Strand for cypress trees in the 1950s?

2. What did Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward put into a jar and then forget about it?

3. What is the binomial name of the Ghost Orchid?

4. What genus of plants were brought to south Florida as an ornamental landscape plant from Australia?

5. Where did Susan go to hear Martin Motes speak in Plant Crimes?

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