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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do vets do for husk today?
(a) The exact same process.
(b) Administer antibiotics.
(c) There is a vaccine and a good therapeutic agent.
(d) None of the above.

2. What caused the eventual disappearance of the draught horse?
(a) The invention of the tractor.
(b) A mass outbreak of equine diseases.
(c) Their replacement with mules.
(d) The disapearance of family farms.

3. What reception does Herriot receive from the lady and her poodle?
(a) The poodle tries to hide behind the lady, who says he never does that.
(b) They both look at him with sweet, dewey eyes.
(c) The lady is appalled that the poodle likes Herriot.
(d) They both glare at him hostilely.

4. Why did Herriot stop halfway through the lethal injection?
(a) He was startled by Colonel Bosworth's objections.
(b) He decided to sedate the animal and try to repair it.
(c) He realized he had grabbed the wrong syringe.
(d) The animal had already died.

5. How does Siegfried treat Mrs. Dalby when she comes to Skeldale house?
(a) With fondness and jocularity.
(b) With great empathy for the family's hardship.
(c) Coldly.
(d) Like royalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Herriot feel vets are regularly called to do?

2. After all the horses were gone from Harland Grange, what animal replaced them?

3. What form of self indulgence has Herriot developed over his time as a country vet?

4. What happened to Badger?

5. What could Herriot do medicinally for the cattle with husk?

(see the answer key)

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