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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. What is the outcome of Herriot's efforts?
(a) a live calf is born
(b) Uncle goes and gets a better qualified vet
(c) the bull has to be put down
(d) Uncle helps Herriot bury the horse

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 cannot give milk after a birth
(d) a cow's uterus ends up outside the body after a delivery

3. What does Herriot realize is true about Angus Grier and Mrs. Mallard
(a) they are siblings
(b) they are having an affair
(c) they are neighbors
(d) they are enemies

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Spring is also the time when what procedure is done on yearling horses?

2. What is the effect of her ailment?

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

4. Who is Miss Harbottle?

5. Spring brings a new activity for Herriot, what is it?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. What mistake does Herriot make in chapter 32?

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

5. What trait do you think is revealed about Dr. Farnon in chapter 27. Briefly explain your answer.

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

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

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

9. How would you describe Herriot?

10. What lesson do you think Herriot learns in chapter 34?

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