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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Plant Crimes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Robert Fuchs is from a family that has been growing orchids for how many generations?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 2.

2. Studies at what university encouraged Charles Darwin's passion for natural science?
(a) University of Cambridge.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Oxford University.

3. How did John Laroche find out about the job working for the Seminoles?
(a) Newspaper ad.
(b) Television commercial.
(c) Through his brother.
(d) Craigslist.

4. When did Robert Fuchs begin growing orchids professionally?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1985.

5. When was William Spencer Cavendish born?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1790.
(c) 1785.
(d) 1799.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Susan Orlean leave to go to Florida in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

2. What type of orchid produces a series of adjacent shoots which grow to a certain size, bloom and then stop growing, to be then replaced?

3. What did Laroche do with the stolen orchids which didn't die?

4. What periodical had run an article about the Orchid Jungle, leading to its becoming a tourist attraction?

5. How long does it take to determine whether cloning was effective in orchids?

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