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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. This chapter highlights a character fault of Dr. Farnon, what is it?
(a) he constantly lies
(b) his lack of consistency
(c) he drinks heavily
(d) he misuses his money

6. What does Mrs. Pumphrey say is Herriot's relationship to Nugent?
(a) she calls Herriot, Nugent's savior
(b) she calls Herriot, Nugent's cousin
(c) she calls Herriot, Nugent's father
(d) she calls Herriot, Nugent's uncle

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

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

9. In chapter 20 who does Dr. Farnon confront?
(a) Miss Harbottle
(b) Herriot
(c) Tristan
(d) Ruth

10. Who is Miss Harbottle?
(a) a new accountant
(b) a new client
(c) one of Dr. Farnon's followers
(d) Tristan's girlfriend

11. What has just happened in Tristan's life?
(a) he has just been diagnosed with a terminal illness
(b) he has just gotten out of jail
(c) he has just failed his veterinarian exams.
(d) he has just left his wife

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

13. Tristan does not do his new job well, what is the result?
(a) urgent calls are missed
(b) the animals begin to suffer
(c) many angry clients
(d) the house begins to become dirty and cluttered

14. In this chapter what two animals are lost?
(a) two goats
(b) two hens
(c) a pig and a mare
(d) a dog and a cow

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Herriot and Grier are both of what ancestry?

2. What is the central issue that Dr. Farnon raises in this confrontation?

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

4. What is given to Herriot at the end of this chapter?

5. What is wrong with the cow the vets visit in chapter 3?

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