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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What refers to a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived?
(a) Clone.
(b) Zygote.
(c) Offspring.
(d) Parent.

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

4. When did Hurricane Andrew hit the U.S. coast?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1990.

5. At what strength did Hurricane Andrew hit south Florida?
(a) Category 4.
(b) Category 3.
(c) Category 5.
(d) Category 1.

6. Where was Benedict Roezl from?
(a) Spain.
(b) Poland.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Czechoslovakia.

7. When did the Seminole Wars take place?
(a) 1828-1833.
(b) 1818-1858.
(c) 1816-1838.
(d) 1822-1856.

8. What did Laroche do at the nursery he took Susan to visit in Cloning the Ghost?
(a) Sold some orchids.
(b) Took back some plants.
(c) Burned all the plants.
(d) Drowned the plants.

9. What is a venomous pit viper species found in the southeastern United States which is the heaviest (though not longest) venomous snake in the Americas and the largest rattlesnake?
(a) Diamondback Rattlesnake.
(b) Rock Rattlesnake.
(c) Pacific Rattlesnake.
(d) Sidewinder.

10. What is a fungicide which was introduced in 1968 by DuPont and is a systemic benzimidazole fungicide that is selectively toxic to microorganisms and to invertebrates, especially earthworms?
(a) Orysastrobin.
(b) Benomyl.
(c) Diclomezine.
(d) Azaconazole.

11. Most Seminoles speak what language?
(a) Ojibwe.
(b) Chippewa.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Mikasuki.

12. What did John Laroche plan on doing with the orchids he stole in The Millionaire's Hothouse?
(a) Cultivate them.
(b) Press them.
(c) Clone them.
(d) Sell them.

13. When did Charles Darwin publish Fertilization of Orchids?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1868.
(c) 1862.
(d) 1869.

14. When was Du Pont founded?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1888.

15. What orchid hunter sent a telegram saying that the ship he was on had caught fire and was lost, yet Frederick Sander insisted he move on?
(a) Tom Hart Dyke.
(b) Benedict Roezl.
(c) Albert Millican.
(d) William Micholitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Susan Orlean born?

2. Where did Susan witness John Laroche's trial in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

3. How did John Laroche find out about the job working for the Seminoles?

4. How many species are in the Epidendrum genus of orchids?

5. What is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale?

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