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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 park ranger did Susan meet in A Green Hell?

2. Orchids are considered the most _____ flowering plants on earth.

3. When did Hurricane Andrew hit the U.S. coast?

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

5. Where did Laroche invite Susan to an orchid show in Gorgeous?

Short Essay Questions

1. What scene did Laroche cause at a friend's nursery in Cloning the Ghost?

2. Where did Susan go after the orchid show in Miami in Cloning the Ghost?

3. What did Susan think of Laroche after the orchid show in Gorgeous? What did he ask her?

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

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

6. What did the judge concur after hearing Laroche at trial in The Millionaire's Hothouse? Where did Laroche take Susan afterward?

7. What legal loophole did Laroche hope to employ in taking the Ghost Orchids?

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

9. What does an orchid do when pollinating? What are orchids' habitat?

10. Describe the Seminole Indians. Where do they live?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the figure of John Laroche. When was Laroche's trial in Florida? How old is Laroche?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the process of orchid cloning. When did orchid cloning begin? How has it evolved?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the fauna and flora of the Fakahatchee Strand. What dangerous animals must one be wary of in the swamps?

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