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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mrs. Pumphrey calls again about Nugent, what problem does she say he has?
(a) milk fever
(b) he will not eat
(c) he has become to agressive
(d) excessive urination

2. Where does the dog spend the night?
(a) in front of the fire
(b) in Tristan's room
(c) outside on the porch
(d) in Herriot's room

3. Herriot falls asleep after the party while he is doing what?
(a) talking to Ruth
(b) driving home
(c) delivering a piglet
(d) meeting with a client

4. What kind of animal does Terry Watson own and Herriot treats?
(a) a milk cow
(b) a newborn lamb
(c) a young goat
(d) a boar hog

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

6. Who is Terry Watson?
(a) a young poor farmer
(b) a pub owner
(c) a new veterinarian
(d) a local knacker

7. Herriot and Grier are both of what ancestry?
(a) they are both from Wales
(b) they are both Irish
(c) they are both Scots
(d) they are both French

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

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

10. In chapter 31, what is Herriot called on to do?
(a) treat an ill ewe
(b) help a mare with a delivery
(c) lance a pig's ear
(d) put down a cow

11. What ailment does Mr. Handshaw's cow have?
(a) milk fever
(b) she is malnurished
(c) she is trying to deliver
(d) prolapse

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

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

14. What does Jeff Mallock do for a living?
(a) he is a farmer
(b) he is a pub owner
(c) he is a vet
(d) he is a knacker

15. During this account an animal does something to Herriot, what is it?
(a) a dog bites him on the hand
(b) a horse kicks him
(c) a cat attacks him
(d) a horse picks him up by its mouth

Short Answer Questions

1. Herriot is given what type of car to drive?

2. What job does Tristan have to do for Dr. Farnon?

3. What other diagnosis does Herriot make?

4. Who is ill in this chapter?

5. This chapter highlights a character fault of Dr. Farnon, what is it?

(see the answer keys)

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