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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water?

2. Where was William Spencer Cavendish born?

3. What refers to a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales?

4. Where was Susan Orlean born?

5. Although it was illegal for Laroche to bring a plant out of the Fakahatchee, it was legal for who to do so?

Short Essay Questions

1. What events happened to John Laroche before he began working for the Seminoles?

2. Who were Frederick Sander and Benedict Roezl?

3. What is the narrative point of view of the book? What is its tense and voice?

4. When was the first orchid bloomed in England? Who began the collecting craze?

5. Why did the park ranger tell Susan he believes people strive to see the Ghost Orchid?

6. What are John Laroche's most striking qualities? How is he introduced in the narrative?

7. Who took Susan into the Fakahatchee Strand in A Green Hell? What was he like?

8. Why had Laroche chosen orchids for cultivation? What did he begin with?

9. What demolished the remainder of Laroche's nursery before he worked for the Seminoles?

10. Where had John Laroche first been inspired to grow plants?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the life and work of Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward. How did Ward's work change the plant-shipping industry?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the international orchid trade. When did the international orchid trade begin? Is it regulated? How?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the world of contemporary plant and orchid collecting. How many orchid collectors are there today? Has this changed considerably?

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