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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Herriot end up officiating at the Darrowby show?
(a) The usual officiator fell ill that day.
(b) He was the only vet on the grounds.
(c) Siegfried is out of town that day.
(d) He owed a favor to the town councilman.

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

3. What caused the eventual disappearance of the draught horse?
(a) The invention of the tractor.
(b) The disapearance of family farms.
(c) A mass outbreak of equine diseases.
(d) Their replacement with mules.

4. Why does Herriot suspect that Mr. Pickersgill is the cause of the problem with his cow's mastitis?
(a) Mr. Pickersgill milks the cow very roughly.
(b) Mr. Pickersgill in always inventing new "vitamins" for the cow.
(c) Mr. Pickersgill constantly sprays chemicals in the barn.
(d) Mr. Pickersgill beds the stall so deeply it chaffes the cow.

5. Why was Herriot uneasy about taking a blood sample from Monty?
(a) The bull had grown and turned mean.
(b) Herriot hated drawing blood.
(c) Harry Sumner had no way to hold the bull still.
(d) The light was dim in the box. Herriot wasn't sure he could find a vein.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals does Herriot have to judge in the family pet competition?

2. How was Badger's death significant to Harland Grange?

3. What causes a cloud to darken Herriot's day a the Darrowby show?

4. What do Helen and Herriot need that he is designated to pick up at house sales?

5. Why did Harry say that Monty was ungrateful?

(see the answer key)

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