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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Siegfried chastise Herriot and Tristan for in chapter six?
(a) Leaving instruments at farms after a field call.
(b) Not being punctual.
(c) Being careless and flippant.
(d) Drinking on the job.

2. What causes Herriot concern about Jock?
(a) Jock's puppies are Jock's equal in speed.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Jock no longer seems to have fun chasing cars.
(d) Jock takes racing very seriously.

3. What does Herriot learn about the Bamfords the day after he goes there?
(a) They thought he was homeless.
(b) There were ruthlessly against drinking and alcohol.
(c) They lost a cow because he didn't make it there in time.
(d) They often hosted people leaving the Crumps.

4. When Herriot goes walking through the vegetables to clear his mind, what does he hear?
(a) That Helen and Richard were to be married.
(b) Someone defending him against the accusations.
(c) About suspected corruption and cheating in the vegetable competitions.
(d) That gossip and rumors are the best part of the show.

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

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

7. Why does Herriot suspect that Mr. Pickersgill is the cause of the problem with his cow's mastitis?
(a) Mr. Pickersgill beds the stall so deeply it chaffes the cow.
(b) Mr. Pickersgill milks the cow very roughly.
(c) Mr. Pickersgill in always inventing new "vitamins" for the cow.
(d) Mr. Pickersgill constantly sprays chemicals in the barn.

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

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

10. After all the horses were gone from Harland Grange, what animal replaced them?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Donkeys.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Goats

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

12. What does Herriot feel vets are regularly called to do?
(a) Answer general questions about animal husbandry.
(b) To keep a safe distance from any unruly animal.
(c) To influence farmers to treat their animals better.
(d) To step open-eyed into dangerous situations.

13. Why does Herbert not have a mother?
(a) His mother is sickly and the farmer removed him.
(b) She rejected him at birth.
(c) None of the above.
(d) She died giving birth.

14. What response does Mrs. Crump have to Mr. Crump offering Herriot some of his wine?
(a) She warns Herriot that it is terrible.
(b) She tells him not to pester people by offering it.
(c) She is offended and leaves.
(d) She encourages Herriot to try some of everything.

15. What was wrong with Harry Sumner's young bull?
(a) Pneumonia
(b) He had hairball in his fourth stomach.
(c) He went blind.
(d) McLuskie's Disease

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes a cloud to darken Herriot's day a the Darrowby show?

2. How does Herbert stay alive without a mother?

3. After driving by the scene of the hauntings at night, what is Herriot surprised by when he returns to Skeldale house?

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

5. What did the inspector find in an old shed?

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