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

2. What is the treatment for the ailing bull in this chapter?
(a) epson salt
(b) spraying him down with cold water
(c) castration
(d) lancing his ear

3. What job does Tristan have to do for Dr. Farnon?
(a) clean the house
(b) deliver a calf
(c) lance a sow's ear
(d) work out his hunting mare

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Tristan?

2. In chapter 12, Tristan is given what responsibility?

3. This chapter reveals that Dr. Farnon has a surprising following of _____________.

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

5. In chapter nine Tristan and Herriot treat a cow with a condition called prolapse, what is this?

Short Essay Questions

1. What mistake does Herriot make in chapter 32?

2. What unexpected fact about Dr Grier and one of his clients, named Mrs Mallard, does Herriot uncover?

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

4. Herriot is from the city. What does chapter 10 show us about the difference between the way rural folk approach life and how urban residents approach life?

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

6. What community disaster involving Tristan happens in chapter 16?

7. Briefly describe Angus Grier.

8. What happens in chapter 31 that helps to show Herriot's human side?

9. Chapter 11 deals with what kind of relationship?

10. How does Herriot help Ticki Woo in chapter 30.

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