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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 job do Herriot and Siegfried do for Walt Bennett?
(a) Geld a colt.
(b) Saving a colicing horse.
(c) Remove a tumor from a horse's eye.
(d) Treat an abscess in an old workhorse.

2. In chapter 39, what trait of Helen's does Herriot discuss?
(a) Her wonderful cooking.
(b) Her obsession with cooking with fat.
(c) Her strict control of his diet.
(d) Her hard work and perserverance.

3. Where did James and Helen move to after their marriage?
(a) The third story of the Skeldale House.
(b) Into a flat next door to the clinic.
(c) Onto Helen's family property.
(d) A small cottage on the edge of town.

4. What does Herriot see Tristan manage to do?
(a) Not show any signs of pain while working with a broken wrist.
(b) Get invited to three different dinners in the same day.
(c) Get farmers to sneak bottles of whiskey into his car.
(d) Get a farmer to feed him tea while delivering a calf.

5. How did Mr. Partridge react to the mob of dogs?
(a) He yelled songs to drown out the howls.
(b) He treated them as his own.
(c) He cried when they wouldn't leave him alone.
(d) He beat them back with a stick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gyp's response when he sees Sweep years later?

2. What phrase does Mrs Donovan repeat to Herriot for years?

3. What do Granville and Herriot do while waiting for Dinah to wake up?

4. What reason does Herriot believe is the true reason that Mr. Wilkin sold Sweep instead of Gyp?

5. Which of the following best characterizes Herriot's opinion of Carmondy at the end of their acquaintance?

(see the answer key)

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