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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did it take so long for Herriot and Granville to reach the bar?
(a) Their were tables and chairs in their way.
(b) The crowd was too large.
(c) Granville kept running into people he knew.
(d) Harriot kept trying to steer Granville away.

3. How do Herbert and the ewe end up together?
(a) The farmer ties a dead lamb skin on Herberts back.
(b) Herbert persisted until the ewe gave up.
(c) The full udder was so uncomfortable the ewe liked Herbert to nurse.
(d) The ewe is too sick at first to notice it is not her lamb.

4. What two animals does Herriot treat or diagnose at the Darrowby show?
(a) A cow and a dog.
(b) A dog and a pony.
(c) A pig and a horse.
(d) A cow and a pig.

5. What is husk, the first ailment that afflicted the Darby cattle?
(a) A deficiency caused by malnutrution.
(b) General symptoms of neglect.
(c) Small worms that get into the bronchial tubes.
(d) A virus spread through bad water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Herriot agree to go before returning home?

2. What was Colonel Bosworth's reason for seeing Herriot?

3. Why does Herriot end up officiating at the Darrowby show?

4. What does Carmondy ask Herriot for?

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

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