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1. Which plant will satisfy a sweet tooth?

a)     Pupikl (פּופּיקל) – Navelwort
b)    Shokolad-boym (שאָקאָלאַד־בוים) – Chocolatetree
c)     Pivonye (פּיוואָניע) – Peony
d)    Alges (אַלגעס) – Algae

2. Which plant eats meat without a hekhsher?

a)     Bambus (באַמבוס) – Bamboo
b)     Hartszoymen (האַרצזוימען) – Heartseed
c)     Flign-khaper (פֿליגן־כאַפּער) – Venus flytrap
d)     Navenadnik (נע־ונדניק) – Babysbreath

3. Which plant should you respect?

a)     Ganeydn-foyglblum (גן־עדן־פֿיוגלבלום) – Bird of paradise
b)     Levone-groz (לבֿנה־גראָז) – Moonwort
c)     May-koysele (מײַ־כּוסעלע) – Lily of the valley
d)     Buzine (בוזינע); Boz (באָז) – Elder

4. Which plant might be used by an assassin?

a)     Atrope (אַטראָפּע) – Belladonna
b)     Tsuge (צוגע) – Hemlock
c)     Nakhtshotn (נאַכטשאָטן) – Nightshade
d)     Oleander (אָלעאַנדער) – Oleander

5. Which plant will drive your cat wild?

a)     Tayvlkoyt (טײַוולקויט) – Stinkbush
b)     Huntsam (הונט־סם) – Dogbane
c)     Shiker-katsnik (שיכּור־קאַצניק) – Catnip
d)     Mirt (מירט) – Myrtle

6. Which plant will give you a high?

a)     Gedenkmirl (געדענקמירל); Fargesnishtl (פֿאַרגעסנישטל) – Forgetmenot
b)     Tsigngroz (ציגנגראָז) – Goatgrass
c)     Shneyglekl (שנייגלעקל) – Snowdrop
d)     Hanef (האַנעף); Kanoplyes (קאַנאָפּליעס) – Hemp; Cannabis

7. Which plant likes the damp and dark?

a)     Tayvl-pastke (טײַוול־פּאַסטקע) – Devil’s snare
b)     Diktamnus (דיקטאַמנוס) – Dittany
c)     Sam-bletlekh (סם־בלעטלעך) – Poison ivy
d)     Fuksn-ek (פֿוקסן־עק) – Foxtail

8. Which plant negates the old adage, “Money doesn’t grow on trees?”

a)     Kanader blutnik (קאַנאַדער בלוטניק) – Bloodroot
b)     Yorik zilberblat (יאָריק זילבערבלאַט) – Dollarplant
c)     Popoboym (פּאָפּאָבוים) – Pawpaw
d)     Balondl (באַלאָנדל) – Ballonflower

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