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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase does Mrs Donovan repeat to Herriot for years?
(a) "Don't you wish you knew my secrets?"
(b) "Haven't I made a difference to this dog?"
(c) "Stick to livestock."
(d) "Old remedies are the best remedies."

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

3. What animals does Herriot have to judge in the family pet competition?
(a) Dogs and cats.
(b) A wide array from Mynah birds to bulldogs to goldfish.
(c) A broad selection of dogs, mostly herding dogs.
(d) Dogs, cats, rabbits, and a fish.

4. What made Ben Ashby rethink getting a closer look at Harry Sumner's heifer?
(a) Monty, Harry Sumner's bull.
(b) Ben has arthritus and couldn't make it over the fence.
(c) No one wanted to go with him into the pasture.
(d) Herriot advised him not to.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what does Herriot end up prescribing a solution for that also cures the mastitis of Mr. Pickersgill's cow?

2. In the beginning of chapter 15, why is Siegfried especially touchy and cantankerous?

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

4. Where do people report seeing the monk at night?

5. What causes a cloud to darken Herriot's day a the Darrowby show?

(see the answer key)

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