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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What treatment does Herriot recommend and finally carry out?
(a) he rubs down the horse with marshmellow ointment
(b) he sits up with the horse until the colic passes
(c) he puts the horse down
(d) he gives the horse a painkilling shot

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

3. Crawford, a local farmer complains about whom, at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Herriot
(b) Tristin
(c) Miss Harbottle
(d) Dr. Harnon

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

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

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

7. In chapter 37, Herriot does surgery on a dog that has what problem?
(a) a tumor
(b) it needs to be castrated
(c) it has been in a fight
(d) a rubber ball in its stomach

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

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

10. What is the outcome of Herriot's treatment of the cow?
(a) he trys a new treatment and the cow dies
(b) he trys a new treatment and Dan Cooper is furious
(c) he trys a new treatment and the calf is lost
(d) he trys a new treatment and the cow is saved

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

12. Dr. Farnon's procedure results in better health for the cow, what is the other result?
(a) Dr. Farnon is covered with a foul fluid from the cow
(b) Dr. Farnon gets angry at his client
(c) Herriot is injured
(d) Dr. Farnon is injured

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a knacker?

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

3. Herriot has to go and stay with what character?

4. This animal has a number of health issues, many are caused by what?

5. Following the prolapse episode, Herriot pulls a practical joke on what character?

(see the answer keys)

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