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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why won't Herriot let the man with the terrier show his dog?
(a) The dog is of the wrong breed.
(b) The dog is uncontrollable.
(c) The dog is not registered.
(d) The dog has a temperature and Herriot suspects distemper.

2. After driving by the scene of the hauntings at night, what is Herriot surprised by when he returns to Skeldale house?
(a) Tristan dressed as a monk in his room.
(b) Tristan and Siegfried waiting up for him.
(c) Another sighting of the ghost that night.
(d) An unknown car parked in his spot in the garage.

3. Who or what does Herriot end up prescribing a solution for that also cures the mastitis of Mr. Pickersgill's cow?
(a) Mr. Pickersgill's back.
(b) The cow's dull coat.
(c) Olive.
(d) The odor in the barn.

4. What was wrong with the second batch of cows on the Darby farm?
(a) Copper deficiency.
(b) He still does not know.
(c) A rare virus.
(d) Neglect.

5. What made Ben Ashby rethink getting a closer look at Harry Sumner's heifer?
(a) No one wanted to go with him into the pasture.
(b) Monty, Harry Sumner's bull.
(c) Herriot advised him not to.
(d) Ben has arthritus and couldn't make it over the fence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Herriot purchase in the auction house?

2. Why does Herriot end up officiating at the Darrowby show?

3. How easy does Herriot find it to diagnose the second batch of Darby cattle?

4. What delightful occurrence makes Herriot forget his discomfort while out for a moment in chapter one?

5. Which of the following best describes Zoe, Granville's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What procedure does Granville Bennett do on Dinah? How does it go? Why didn't Herriot want to do it?

2. What is the relationship between veterinarians like Herriot and Siegried with Granville Bennett?

3. At the Darrowby show, what parameters does Herriot decide to use to judge the family pet competition? Why?

4. Explain what happened when Herriot tried to draw blood from the fully mature Monty.

5. Describe the rapport that Herriot has with Helen's father when he goes out to the Grange for Sunday tea.

6. Explain why each of the vets battled with their conscience after seeing Clancy.

7. What does Herriot find so difficult and horrifying about treating the cows for husk at the Darby farm?

8. At the end of chapter thirteen, Herriot gives us a glimpse what the Darby household is like twenty years later. How are the Darbys doing twenty years later?

9. Describe Granville Bennett.

10. Explain the incident and the outcome of the tumor on the cow at Mr. Kendall's. Why did Siegfried conceal what had happened and why did the others think it was funny?

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