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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Mallard say is wrong with her dog?
(a) excessive urination
(b) it has a tumor
(c) it has a bone in its throat
(d) it can't get up

2. In chapter nine Tristan and Herriot treat a cow with a condition called prolapse, what is this?
(a) a cow cannot give milk after a birth
(b) a cow's uterus ends up outside the body after a delivery
(c) a cow cannot deliver its calf
(d) a cow lapses into a coma like state

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

4. At whose expense does everyone at Dr. Harnon's practice get a good laugh?
(a) Miss Harbottle
(b) Tristan
(c) Herriot
(d) Crawford

5. Who is Angus Grier?
(a) the local parson
(b) a local farmer
(c) a pub owner
(d) a neighboring veterinarian

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

7. What is the name of Dr. Farnon's home?
(a) Darrowby House
(b) Farnon House
(c) Skedale House
(d) Yorkshire House

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

9. Who is supposed to answer the phone each morning at the vet's office?
(a) Herriot
(b) Tristan
(c) Farnon
(d) Broadman

10. Herriot is called home because the hen's have escaped; where are they found?
(a) they are not found
(b) in a tree
(c) under the house
(d) in a neighbor's garden

11. In this same chapter, Herriot also operates on a horse that has what problem?
(a) it has lead poisoning
(b) it has damaged its chest
(c) it is lame
(d) it has mastitis

12. Herriot treats a cow in this chapter, what is her ailment?
(a) cannot deliver
(b) a prolapse
(c) milk fever
(d) malnurished

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

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

15. What interesting custom does Herriot observe in the Cooper's home?
(a) eating a meal on the floor
(b) putting their feet in hot water
(c) eating fresh sausage
(d) not speaking at a meal

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Farnon and Herriot stop at what location on their way home?

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

3. Dr. Farnon wants the practice to be more professional so he breaks out what new item?

4. What kind of animal does Terry Watson own and Herriot treats?

5. What is the treatment that the doctors' recommend?

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