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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Herbert stay alive without a mother?
(a) He nurses off random unsuspecting ewes.
(b) An old ewe lets him nurse with her babies.
(c) The farmer feeds him.
(d) He fends for himself eating grass.

3. What does Harold Ingledew do that keeps his neighbors awake?
(a) Sing loudly when he's drunk.
(b) Do his repair work at night on full moons.
(c) Keeps his lambing pens near his neighbors house.
(d) None of the above.

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 constantly sprays chemicals in the barn.
(c) Mr. Pickersgill beds the stall so deeply it chaffes the cow.
(d) Mr. Pickersgill in always inventing new "vitamins" for the cow.

5. After chastising Herriot and Tristan, how successful is Siegfried at examining Clancy?
(a) Not at all.
(b) He gets bitten, but completes the examination.
(c) He manages to examine Clancy with the help of three men.
(d) He completes the examination without a problem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Herriot concern about Jock?

2. What did the inspector find in an old shed?

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

4. What does Mr Kendall give to Siegfried when they call to his ranch to see a cow?

5. What delightful occurrence makes Herriot forget his discomfort while out for a moment in chapter one?

(see the answer key)

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