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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28 | Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What illness does Dan Cooper's cow have?
(a) milk fever
(b) mastitis
(c) foundering
(d) can't deliver a calf

2. Tristan next is asked to care for a dog which has what problem?
(a) it is about to have puppies
(b) it is lame
(c) it has been abandoned
(d) it has just had a tumor removed

3. Chapter 16 is occupied primarily with the story of Tristan and what task?
(a) Trying to get the hens to lay eggs
(b) Feeding the pigs
(c) Working the hunting mare
(d) Cleaning the house

4. When the book begins what is James Herriot called to do?
(a) deliver a calf
(b) operate on a dog who has be kicked by a horse
(c) put down a horse
(d) help a bull which has gone down and cannot get up

5. What problem do the six steers have in this chapter?
(a) they are foundered
(b) they are overheated
(c) they have food poisoning
(d) they have lead poisoning

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the story about the sow's ear?

2. Herriot is called home because the hen's have escaped; where are they found?

3. Chapter 18 focuses on Herriot remembering an event which took place where?

4. In chapter 24, there is another problem between what two characters?

5. This chapter reveals that Dr. Farnon has a surprising following of _____________.

(see the answer key)

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