1. One of the most notorious plant crimes in Florida happened in what year, according to the author in Plant Crimes?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1995.

2. Pollination of the Ghost Orchid is done by what?
(a) The giant sphinx moth.
(b) The giant orchid spider.
(c) The Florida jumping beetle.
(d) The swamp hummingbird.

3. Martin Motes was described by Susan Orlean as a recovering what?
(a) Alcoholic.
(b) Patient.
(c) Gambler.
(d) Academic.

4. What is a semi-aquatic tropical plant grown as a leaf vegetable also known as "swamp cabbage"?
(a) German kraut plant.
(b) Siberian onion.
(c) Chinese water-spinach.
(d) Japanese lettuce.

5. What did Laroche attempt to use to get in for free at the orchid show in Gorgeous?
(a) An expired coupon.
(b) A fake student identification card.
(c) Orchid seedlings.
(d) Susan's press pass.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the most notorious plant crimes in Florida occurred when someone stole prize-winning orchids worth how much from the R. F. Orchids shadehouse?

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

3. When was Du Pont founded?

4. When was Charles Darwin born?

5. What is the only way to reach the Fakahatchee Strand?

(see the answer key)

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