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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dinah do after being treated by Granville?
(a) She recovers quickly.
(b) She dies three days later.
(c) She is hospitalized for over a week.
(d) She never fully recovers.

2. How was Badger's death significant to Harland Grange?
(a) He was the only stallion.
(b) He was the last work horse.
(c) He was every worker's favorite horse.
(d) He was their only prized show horse.

3. Where does Herriot go when he leaves the Crumps?
(a) To the Crump's neighbors called the Bamfords.
(b) He falls asleep in his car.
(c) Back to his house without finishing his rounds.
(d) He is called to the Bamfords for an emergency calving.

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

5. What caused the eventual disappearance of the draught horse?
(a) The invention of the tractor.
(b) The disapearance of family farms.
(c) Their replacement with mules.
(d) A mass outbreak of equine diseases.

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

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

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

9. Who is Mrs. Donovan?
(a) A nosy old lady.
(b) A woman who fancies herself an animal doctor.
(c) An old gypsy.
(d) All of the above.

10. In the beginning of chapter 15, why is Siegfried especially touchy and cantankerous?
(a) He and Tristan had been fighting about finances.
(b) He has a toothache.
(c) He has just been forced to give up smoking for health reasons.
(d) He was unsuccesful treating a dog the day before and it died.

11. What was Herriot's opinion of horse work?
(a) "The most dangerous and thrilling work for a vet."
(b) "The roughest and most arduous part of our life."
(c) "The bleakest and least studied part of our field."
(d) "The simplest and most pleasant work we are handed."

12. How does Herbert stay alive without a mother?
(a) He nurses off random unsuspecting ewes.
(b) An old ewe lets him nurse with her babies.
(c) The farmer feeds him.
(d) He fends for himself eating grass.

13. What happens to the ewes that causes one to lose her babies?
(a) They go hungry.
(b) They are chased by a dog.
(c) They drink contaminated water.
(d) They catch a virus.

14. Which of the following could be used to describe Granville Bennett?
(a) Larger than life.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Work hard play hard.
(d) A local legend.

15. Why did Harry Sumner get Monty?
(a) Monty was given to him because he was mean.
(b) Because something had been attacking his cows.
(c) To improve his herd.
(d) Because he was for sale at the fair for almost nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Granville to work on Dinah?

2. What does Herriot feel vets are regularly called to do?

3. What does Granville Bennett do for Herriot?

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

5. Who goes with Herriot to the Darrowby show?

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