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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Siegfried treat Mrs. Dalby when she comes to Skeldale house?
(a) Like royalty.
(b) With great empathy for the family's hardship.
(c) Coldly.
(d) With fondness and jocularity.

2. What could Herriot do medicinally for the cattle with husk?
(a) Pump a vitamin syrup into their stomachs.
(b) Very little beyond worming them.
(c) An injection.
(d) An operation.

3. What does Herriot feel vets are regularly called to do?
(a) To influence farmers to treat their animals better.
(b) To step open-eyed into dangerous situations.
(c) To keep a safe distance from any unruly animal.
(d) Answer general questions about animal husbandry.

4. What would Cliff do after he fought with his wife?
(a) Make her sleep outside.
(b) Go to the stables and spend the night with the horses.
(c) Disapear for a few days and return as if nothing had happened.
(d) Throw himself into his work.

5. What animals does Herriot have to judge in the family pet competition?
(a) Dogs and cats.
(b) A broad selection of dogs, mostly herding dogs.
(c) Dogs, cats, rabbits, and a fish.
(d) A wide array from Mynah birds to bulldogs to goldfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. After all the horses were gone from Harland Grange, what animal replaced them?

2. What caused the eventual disappearance of the draught horse?

3. What characteristic caused Colonel Bosworth to treat his animals so well?

4. How easy does Herriot find it to diagnose the second batch of Darby cattle?

5. Why does Herriot end up officiating at the Darrowby show?

(see the answer key)

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