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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What reception does Herriot receive from the lady and her poodle?
(a) The lady is appalled that the poodle likes Herriot.
(b) They both glare at him hostilely.
(c) They both look at him with sweet, dewey eyes.
(d) The poodle tries to hide behind the lady, who says he never does that.

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

4. Where does Herriot go when he leaves the Crumps?
(a) Back to his house without finishing his rounds.
(b) He falls asleep in his car.
(c) To the Crump's neighbors called the Bamfords.
(d) He is called to the Bamfords for an emergency calving.

5. Why does Herbert not have a mother?
(a) She died giving birth.
(b) She rejected him at birth.
(c) None of the above.
(d) His mother is sickly and the farmer removed him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Herriot do for Mrs Donovan and Roy?

2. What does Siegfried suspect is the cause of Clancy's vomiting?

3. What condition are the second group of young cows in that Herriot goes to see at the Dalby farm?

4. Who is Mrs. Donovan?

5. What does Siegfried chastise Herriot and Tristan for in chapter six?

(see the answer key)

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