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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Herriot uneasy about taking a blood sample from Monty?
(a) The bull had grown and turned mean.
(b) Harry Sumner had no way to hold the bull still.
(c) Herriot hated drawing blood.
(d) The light was dim in the box. Herriot wasn't sure he could find a vein.

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

3. What is wrong with the cow that Herriot and Helen's father go to treat?
(a) A magnesium deficiency called "the staggers."
(b) She ate a poisonous plant.
(c) A broken leg.
(d) They have no idea.

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

5. What characteristic caused Colonel Bosworth to treat his animals so well?
(a) They were his wife's.
(b) His fear of beasts.
(c) His gentle nature.
(d) He depended on them for his living.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was especially difficult about Herriot's purchase at the auction house?

2. How does Siegfried treat Mrs. Dalby when she comes to Skeldale house?

3. What does Herriot feel vets are regularly called to do?

4. How easy does Herriot find it to diagnose the second batch of Darby cattle?

5. How was Richard Carmondy different from the other students?

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