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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter 5 Herriot is called to treat a horse that is afflicted with torsion, what is this ailment?
(a) The intestines are twisted
(b) the ears are infected
(c) swollen joints
(d) colic

2. A farmer wants Herriot to diagnose that his cow has died of what?
(a) tumor in the heart
(b) lightening strike
(c) milk fever
(d) prolapse

3. What is given to Herriot at the end of this chapter?
(a) a bag of coins
(b) a bottle of wine
(c) a used cigar
(d) a cup of coffee

4. What is the effect of her ailment?
(a) she cannot get up
(b) she cannot eat
(c) she becomes violent
(d) she cannot give milk

5. Spring is also the time when what procedure is done on yearling horses?
(a) they must be curried
(b) their hoofs are trimmed
(c) castration
(d) their hoofs are shod

6. Dr. Farnon and Herriot stop at what location on their way home?
(a) a local pub
(b) the parson's house
(c) the home of Farnon's mistress
(d) a local farm

7. Who is ill in this chapter?
(a) Angus Grier
(b) Herriot
(c) Ticki Woo
(d) Tristan

8. Dr. Farnon has to do surgery on a cow that has what problem?
(a) it can't deliver its calf
(b) a wire stuck in its second stomach
(c) mastitis
(d) milk fever

9. Following the prolapse episode, Herriot pulls a practical joke on what character?
(a) Seigfried
(b) Tristan
(c) Broadman
(d) Dr. Farnon

10. What is wrong with the first horse Herriot helps treat?
(a) a sore hoof
(b) it has a sore mouth
(c) mastitis
(d) it is foundered

11. What is the central issue that Dr. Farnon raises in this confrontation?
(a) Miss Harbottle's handling of the finances
(b) Ruth's advances toward him
(c) Tristan's lack of responsibility
(d) Herriot's handling of animals

12. Chapter 18 focuses on Herriot remembering an event which took place where?
(a) at a local pub
(b) in Dr. Farnon's car
(c) in a client's barn
(d) near his veterinary school

13. In chapter 24, there is another problem between what two characters?
(a) Dr. Farnon and Herriot
(b) Tristan and Herriot
(c) Dr. Farnon and Miss Harbottle
(d) Tristan and Dr. Farnon

14. What is Herriot doing when he first meets Dr. Farnon?
(a) helping a client
(b) sleeping in the garden
(c) talking to the housekeeper
(d) setting in the parlor

15. Who tells the story about the sow's ear?
(a) Herriot
(b) Miss Harbottle
(c) Dr. Harnon
(d) Tristan

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 12, Tristan is given what responsibility?

2. What is the result of Herriot's treatment of the animal?

3. What ailment does Mr. Handshaw's cow have?

4. Herriot is injured while trying to operate on what kind of animal?

5. What does Jeff Mallock do for a living?

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