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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is a term for any one of a large number of unrelated small to medium sized species of parrot, that generally have long tail feathers?
(a) Parakeet.
(b) Cockatoo.
(c) Merganser.
(d) Macaw.

3. Laroche's exile from the Fakahatchee Strand was extended how long by the court?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 5 years.

4. What refers to a species of grass in the genus Imperata which is placed in the subfamily Panicoideae, supertribe Andropogonodae, tribe Andropogoneae?
(a) Asian cogon grass.
(b) Ryegrass.
(c) Fescue.
(d) Kentucky bluegrass.

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

6. What refers an immersed aquatic plant which originated in South America but has spread to many parts of the world and is considered an invasive species in Australia, China, New Zealand, Thailand and the United States?
(a) Pond Lily.
(b) Milfoil.
(c) Curly Pondweed.
(d) Alligator Weed.

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

8. Who got into an altercation with Fuchs, accusing him of being favored by the judges and telling the others that Fuchs had tried to bribe him when he was a judge?
(a) Lee Moore.
(b) William Spencer Cavendish.
(c) Tom Fennell.
(d) Frank Smith.

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

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

11. At the South Florida Orchid Society in Fortunes, Susan calculated that there were roughly how much money worth of flowers?
(a) $34 million.
(b) $40 million.
(c) $4 million.
(d) $24 million.

12. How much did the circuit judge fine Laroche in his case?
(a) $250.
(b) $5,500.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $500.

13. Robert Fuchs is described as a tall, striking, handsome man who is both envied and disliked due to his what?
(a) Temper.
(b) Politics.
(c) Status.
(d) Genius.

14. What kind of plants did Gary Zill own a good number of?
(a) Strawberry.
(b) Raspberry.
(c) Avocado.
(d) Aloe.

15. What monkeys are the genus Lagothrix of New World monkeys, usually placed in the family Atelidae?
(a) Squirrel Monkeys.
(b) Capuchins.
(c) Wooly Monkeys.
(d) Owl Monkeys.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poisonous South American toad now can grow up to how long?

2. Where was Osceola tricked and trapped on New Year's Day?

3. 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?

4. Chief Billy Bowlegs had traveled to Washington D. C. on horseback to attempt to repeal a law passed in 1853 that had made it illegal for a Seminole to do what?

5. Where did Susan go to hear Martin Motes speak in Plant Crimes?

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