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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Richard Edmundson?
(a) Another suitor to Helen.
(b) The son of local famer and good friends of Helen's family.
(c) All the above.
(d) A wealthy young man.

2. Why are Herriot and Tristan reluctant to fully diagnose Clancy?
(a) Because he is very smelly.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Because he is mean and extremely large.
(d) Because they are afraid of what they will find.

3. 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 constantly sprays chemicals in the barn.
(c) Mr. Pickersgill milks the cow very roughly.
(d) Mr. Pickersgill in always inventing new "vitamins" for the cow.

4. When Herriot goes walking through the vegetables to clear his mind, what does he hear?
(a) That gossip and rumors are the best part of the show.
(b) Someone defending him against the accusations.
(c) About suspected corruption and cheating in the vegetable competitions.
(d) That Helen and Richard were to be married.

5. What condition are the second group of young cows in that Herriot goes to see at the Dalby farm?
(a) Coughing uncontrallably.
(b) Lethargic and feverish.
(c) Clearly very sick and thin,
(d) Robust and energetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with the cow that Herriot and Helen's father go to treat?

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

3. What is husk, the first ailment that afflicted the Darby cattle?

4. What happens when Herriot injects the cow?

5. What animal does Herriot place first in the Family Pets competition?

(see the answer key)

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