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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Penny, the poodle with gastroenteritis, get worse and worse, what does Herriot suspect is keeping her from getting better?
(a) Her owners feeding her too much.
(b) The medicines are old.
(c) The vicious cycle of drinking and vomiting.
(d) Neglect.

2. Why does Mr. Dacre's bull pin Herriot against the boards?
(a) His head was tied and he couldn't get to Herriot with his horns.
(b) Because Herriot poked him with a needle.
(c) He was happy to see him.
(d) To scratch and itch.

3. What does Carmondy ask Herriot for?
(a) Advice.
(b) To stop quizzing him about diseases.
(c) Hands on experience.
(d) A referral.

4. Despite his good lineage, why can't Gyp's owner breed Gyp?
(a) Because Gyp has epilepsy.
(b) Because Gyp injured himself in a way that prevents him from being bred.
(c) Because all his dogs are related to Gyp.
(d) Because he doesn't have Gyp's registration papers.

5. What does Herriot go to see Boris for?
(a) A bone stuck in his teeth.
(b) A broken leg.
(c) Vaccinations.
(d) Worms.

6. Who owns the cocker spaniel that the Dimmocks bring to Herriot?
(a) Jimmy Dimmock.
(b) Nellie Dimmock.
(c) The Dimmock's neighbor, Mr. Bass.
(d) Mrs. Dimmock.

7. Why do Herriot and Siegfried spend all night talking at the beginning of chapter 41?
(a) Siegfried is leaving for the Air Force the next day.
(b) Helen is staying at her parents.
(c) They haven't seen each other in weeks.
(d) They have a lot of business they need to discuss.

8. Where was Percy's tumor?
(a) His testicle.
(b) At the base of his tail.
(c) His mouth.
(d) Above his left eye.

9. What does Herriot think is wrong with Toby, the cocker spaniel?
(a) Nothing, he's just a runt.
(b) Internal infection.
(c) Worms.
(d) He ate something bad.

10. What is Tristan's response to having his foot stepped on by a cow?
(a) Adding a fee to the bill.
(b) Cursing loudly.
(c) Stoically going on without showing pain.
(d) Crawl away, dragging his whole leg uselessly.

11. How does Herriot consume the meal served to him by the Horners?
(a) He smothers it in piccalilli so can't taste it.
(b) He feeds much of it to the dog when the Horsners aren't looking.
(c) He gobbles it down voraciously.
(d) Slowly and appreciately.

12. How does Herriot usually catch Mrs. Bond's cats?
(a) Luring them in with tuna.
(b) Patiently calling them and coaxing them.
(c) With a humane trap.
(d) Waiting next to the cat door and grabbing them when they come through.

13. How does Mr. Wiggin use more of Herriot's time than Herriot feels is necessary?
(a) By cuddling each cow before allowing Herriot to inject them.
(b) By making him walk to a barn far away.
(c) By trying to lasso all the cows for an injection.
(d) By talking to him incessantly.

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

15. What does Herriot think might have caused Kitson's dying ewe to recover?
(a) The care and love she received.
(b) The antibiotics.
(c) Relief from the pain and suffering.
(d) The lamb for her to take care of.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tristan able to get from the farmers that Herriot is not?

2. What mistake does Herriot make each time he visits Miss Dooley?

3. What do the Kirby's do that Mr. Brown does not?

4. What does Herriot think about the new byre that Frank Metcalf has built?

5. What odd tools did Mr. Ross require to fix the animal?

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