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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) With great empathy for the family's hardship.
(b) Coldly.
(c) With fondness and jocularity.
(d) Like royalty.

2. Why didn't Herriot refuse the refills of whiskey and food?
(a) He was too hungry to bother.
(b) Granville would have taken it personally.
(c) He enjoyed the taste too much to refuse.
(d) He knew it would be a long night.

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

4. What does Mr Kendall give to Siegfried when they call to his ranch to see a cow?
(a) Fake money.
(b) Lunch.
(c) A jug of ale to share when the job was done.
(d) A stethoscope Siegfried left there.

5. Where did Herriot agree to go before returning home?
(a) The Club.
(b) To another surgery.
(c) To a meeting.
(d) To Colonel Bosworth's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Herriot uneasy about taking a blood sample from Monty?

2. What happened to Badger?

3. What was Herriot's opinion of horse work?

4. What made survival for the Dalby family especially difficult?

5. Where was Percy's tumor?

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