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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Herriot find is wrong with the dog when he arrives?
(a) it does have a bone in its throat
(b) pharyngitis
(c) it is having an allergic reaction
(d) nothing

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 11, what must Herriot do, which is difficult?

2. A farmer wants Herriot to diagnose that his cow has died of what?

3. What does Jeff Mallock do for a living?

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

5. What is wrong with the first horse Herriot helps treat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe the embarrassing event that happens to Herriot in this chapter.

2. In Chapter 6 what does Dr. Farnon do in support of Herriot?

3. Explain briefly how chapters 14 and 15 continue to show us Tristan's lack of responsibility?

4. In chapter 21, Tristan is given a very tough assignment. What is the task and what do you think it says about Dr. Farnon?

5. In Chapter 5, Herriot has to make a difficult decision; how does the character Soames make the decision more difficult?

6. Briefly describe how Tristan handles a tough assignment in chapter 24.

7. The book shares a lot of difficult stories about caring for animals in distress. Chapter 9 focuses on another aspect of this veterinary practice, what is this chapter's focus?

8. How do the events in chapter 37 reflect Dr. Farnon's lack of consistentcy?

9. Briefly explain what a knacker does.

10. How does Herriot astound Phin Calvert with his treatments?

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