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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Osceola tricked and trapped on New Year's Day?
(a) Charleston, South Carolina.
(b) Durham, North Carolina.
(c) Forth Moultrie, South Carolina.
(d) Charlotte, North Carolina.

2. The Florida Seminoles are descendants of the Yuchi, Creek and what tribe?
(a) Cheyenne.
(b) Algonquian.
(c) Sioux.
(d) Cherokee.

3. What company had begun logging the Fakahatchee Strand for cypress trees in the 1950s?
(a) John Smith Swamp Logging.
(b) The Lee Tidewater Cypress Company.
(c) Jones Forestry Inc.
(d) Steven's Timber Company.

4. Robert Fuchs' great-grandfather moved his family from where to Florida?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Tennessee.

5. In what neighborhood of Miami does Lee Moore live?
(a) Flagami.
(b) Edgewater.
(c) Allapattah.
(d) Kendall.

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) Alligator Weed.
(c) Milfoil.
(d) Curly Pondweed.

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

8. Who named the Cattleya Orchid?
(a) Leonard Rosen.
(b) Lee Moore.
(c) John Lindley.
(d) Billy Powell.

9. What nursery does Robert Fuchs own?
(a) Robbie's Orchids.
(b) R. F. Orchids.
(c) Fuchs Nurseries.
(d) Rob's Orchids.

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

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

12. When was Osceola born?
(a) 1788.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1794.
(d) 1804.

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

14. What was the name of Robert Fuchs' great-grandfather?
(a) Robert.
(b) Marcus.
(c) Charles.
(d) Michael.

15. At the height of his smuggling days, Lee Moore had his own plane, two Lincoln Continentals, a large house and how much money in the bank?
(a) $2,500,000.
(b) $1,000,000.
(c) $850,000.
(d) $600,000.

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. What nursery had Tom Fennell once owned?

3. Where did Susan meet nearly every other orchid grower she had met in Florida, including Martin Motes, Tom Fennell, Bob Fuchs, Frank Smith in Fortunes?

4. Who took Susan for a hike along with two inmates from a work-release program of the Copeland Road Prison?

5. One of the largest nurseries in south Florida, Kerry's Bromeliads houses over how many orchids?

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