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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 38-40.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Herriot usually catch Mrs. Bond's cats?
(a) Waiting next to the cat door and grabbing them when they come through.
(b) Patiently calling them and coaxing them.
(c) With a humane trap.
(d) Luring them in with tuna.

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

4. How was Richard Carmondy different from the other students?
(a) He was lazy and unappreciative of the favor Herriot was doing for him.
(b) He had an air of superiority.
(c) He was not afraid to do the jobs that even Herriot cringed from doing.
(d) He did not seem at all interested in veterinary science,

5. What mistake does Herriot make each time he visits Miss Dooley?
(a) He arrives at the wrong time.
(b) He calls her by the wrong name.
(c) He forgets to bring the right drugs.
(d) He misdiagnoses Cindy's condition.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Penny, the poodle with gastroenteritis, get worse and worse, what does Herriot suspect is keeping her from getting better?

3. Which of the following best characterizes Walt Barnett?

4. After driving by the scene of the hauntings at night, what is Herriot surprised by when he returns to Skeldale house?

5. How long does it take Granville to work on Dinah?

(see the answer key)

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