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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 45-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Herriot get ill while waiting for Dinah with Granville?
(a) Granville gave him some tonic that made him ill.
(b) He came down with a flu going around.
(c) He felt obliged to eat and drink what Granville served him.
(d) The farm they went to smelled horribly.

4. Does Herriot ever employ the strategy he learned from watching Tristan?
(a) No, he doesn't have the courage.
(b) Only when he desperately needs to.
(c) Whenever he feels he needs a challenge.
(d) All the time.

5. What state is Toby in when Herriot makes his diagnosis and takes him to Granville Bennett?
(a) Comatose.
(b) Skin and bones.
(c) Raging fever.
(d) Twice his original size.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How late is Herriot by the end of the afternoon?

3. What delightful occurrence makes Herriot forget his discomfort while out for a moment in chapter one?

4. How does Mrs. Hammond's Irish Setter respond as Herriot treated a bad injury on his paw?

5. What was the challenge measuring ponies at the Darrowby show?

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