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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Denise from in Anyone Can Grow Orchids?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Puerto Rico.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Trinidad.

3. What was Osceola named at birth?
(a) John Lindley.
(b) Albert Carter.
(c) Billy Powell.
(d) Abraham Fulton.

4. What refers to a species of flowering plant in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to subtropical and tropical South America?
(a) Amazon lily.
(b) Brazilian pepper tree.
(c) Blue Dawn flower.
(d) Flame of the Forest.

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

6. When did the government begin three Seminole "subjugation and removal efforts"?
(a) 1812.
(b) 1839.
(c) 1821.
(d) 1798.

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

8. One of Tom Fennell's neighbors had bell peppers worth how much money stolen from his fields?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $35,000.
(c) $12,000.
(d) $20,000.

9. 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?
(a) $500,000.
(b) $250,000.
(c) $658,000.
(d) $150,000.

10. Kerry's Bromeliads houses how many bromeliads?
(a) 450,000.
(b) 1.4 million.
(c) 2.2 million.
(d) 850,000.

11. What doctor separated Osceola's head from his body?
(a) Dr. Windsor.
(b) Dr. Weedon.
(c) Dr. Woolmont.
(d) Dr. Williams.

12. Where was Osceola born?
(a) Mobile, Alabama.
(b) Tallassee, Alabama.
(c) Montgomery, Alabama.
(d) Birmingham, Alabama.

13. What time of smuggling did Lee Moore's wife regale when she met Susan?
(a) Pre-Columbian art phase.
(b) Post-WWI art phase.
(c) Pre-Benedectine art phase.
(d) Nazi memorabilia phase.

14. Whose family had owned the Orchid Jungle before winning the lottery?
(a) Robert Callahan's.
(b) John McMurphy's.
(c) Francis Harrold's.
(d) Tom Fennell's.

15. Robert Fuchs' great-grandfather came across orchids while traveling through what town?
(a) Palm Beach, Florida.
(b) Boca Raton, Florida.
(c) Kissimmee, Florida.
(d) Homestead, Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nursery had Tom Fennell once owned?

2. Who owned the Gulf American Corporation?

3. What refers to a species of grass in the genus Imperata which is placed in the subfamily Panicoideae, supertribe Andropogonodae, tribe Andropogoneae?

4. What kind of plants did Gary Zill own a good number of?

5. The Florida Seminoles are descendants of the Yuchi, Creek and what tribe?

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