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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 doctor separated Osceola's head from his body?

2. 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?

3. The circuit judge in Laroche's case fined the Seminole Indians how much each?

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

5. What did Laroche move on to after leaving the plant world behind?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who had traveled to Washington D. C. on horseback to repeal a law amongst the Seminoles?

2. What orchid show did Susan attend in Fortunes? Who did she see there?

3. What was the result of many poachers taking plants from swamps in south Florida?

4. What is the only way into the Fakahatchee Strand? How was the road built?

5. What is the history of the origin of the Seminole Indians? When had they largely moved from Florida?

6. Describe Robert Fuchs' family. When had they begun in the orchid business?

7. Who was Osceola?

8. Discuss the beginning history of the Fakahatchee Strand described in The Good Life.

9. What does CITES stand for? What conflict do people have about CITES' regulations?

10. How successful had the plant smuggler from Barbecued Doves been in his high time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Susan Orlean and John Laroche in the narrative. What similarities do they share? What differences?

Essay Topic 2

Define and identify the narrative point of view of the narrative. From whose perspective is "The Orchid Thief" written? In what tense?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Seminole Tribe of Florida. When did they originate and where? How much land do the Seminoles have today?

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