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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 34-37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Herriot purchase in the auction house?
(a) An old set of outdated medical tools.
(b) A large rug for the living room.
(c) A weaving loom.
(d) A twenty-four volume set of the the geography of the world.

2. Where do people report seeing the monk at night?
(a) On a hill close to an old abbey.
(b) Walking in the hallways of the church.
(c) On the moor.
(d) Crossing the town square.

3. What holiday is Herriot about to celebrate in chapter twenty?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Easter,
(c) New Years.
(d) All Saint's Day.

4. What animal does Herriot place first in the Family Pets competition?
(a) The goldfish.
(b) The labrador.
(c) A tabby cat.
(d) The mynah bird.

5. Who or what does Herriot end up prescribing a solution for that also cures the mastitis of Mr. Pickersgill's cow?
(a) Olive.
(b) The cow's dull coat.
(c) Mr. Pickersgill's back.
(d) The odor in the barn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did it take so long for Herriot and Granville to reach the bar?

2. Why was Mr. Biggins reluctant to ask Herriot to look at his cow?

3. Who owns the cocker spaniel that the Dimmocks bring to Herriot?

4. Why did Herriot stop halfway through the lethal injection?

5. What does Herriot think is wrong with Toby, the cocker spaniel?

(see the answer key)

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