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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Mortal Occupation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Susan Orlean leave to go to Florida in The Millionaire's Hothouse?
(a) Massachusets.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) New York.

2. What is the genus of the Ghost Orchid?
(a) Dendrophylax.
(b) Campylocentrum.
(c) Neobathiea.
(d) Harrisella.

3. Where did Susan attend an orchid show with Laroche in Cloning the Ghost?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Tampa.
(c) Key West.
(d) Miami.

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

5. What refers to a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales?
(a) Asteliaceae.
(b) Iridaceae.
(c) Boryaceae.
(d) Orchidaceae.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event had John Laroche attended which got him into plants and horticulture?

2. The first orchid to bloom in England was not collected by a professional hunter, but brought back by whom?

3. John Laroche claimed of his family that the Laroches were a family of what?

4. When did William Spencer Cavendish begin collecting orchids?

5. What snake is also known as the water moccasin, swamp moccasin or black moccasin?

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