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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Herriot tries to trim the beak of Mrs. Tompkin's budgie, Peter?
(a) Peter gets away and flies around the room.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Peter dies as soon as he picks him up.
(d) The budgie bites him.

2. What does Herriot tell Mrs. Chapman as he leaves her house the night of the Daffodil Ball?
(a) To not call him again at night unless it's an emergency.
(b) None of the above.
(c) He thanks her for getting him out of the Ball.
(d) That Helen is his "young lady".

3. What takes an inordinate amount of time with Miss Dunn's pig?
(a) Miss Dunn has an injured hand and can not help.
(b) They had to catch the pig.
(c) The procedure was more complex than expected.
(d) They had to coax it across the yard with treats.

4. What chance does Herriot take before euthanizing Penny?
(a) Taking her to the clinic to heal.
(b) Doubling the dosage of the medicine.
(c) Sedating her heavily for several days to break the cycle.
(d) Threatening to call the authorities.

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

6. What holiday is Herriot about to celebrate in chapter twenty?
(a) New Years.
(b) Christmas.
(c) All Saint's Day.
(d) Easter,

7. Who did Herriot bring the animal to?
(a) Siegfried.
(b) Colonel Bosworth.
(c) Tristan.
(d) Granville Bennett.

8. What odd tools did Mr. Ross require to fix the animal?
(a) Sugar, a bottle, and a pig stool.
(b) Carrots and the mother's milk.
(c) A step ladder and a ten foot rope.
(d) Ginger root and hot water.

9. What is Gyp's response when he sees Sweep years later?
(a) He runs madly in circles.
(b) He runs to help him work sheep in the dog trial.
(c) He has an epileptic fit.
(d) He barks.

10. What characteristic caused Colonel Bosworth to treat his animals so well?
(a) His fear of beasts.
(b) He depended on them for his living.
(c) They were his wife's.
(d) His gentle nature.

11. Where do Herriot and Helen go when they leave the Daffodil Ball?
(a) First to Skeldale House for tools and then to see a dog.
(b) Straight to Heston Grange, Helen's home.
(c) After a long stop by the moonlit river, to Heston Grange.
(d) After a quick stop at Skeldale House, to a farm on the outskirts to see a bull.

12. What does Miss Dooley, the owner of Cindy, the little pregnant dog, want from Herriot?
(a) A shot to make Cindy deliver her puppies.
(b) For Herriot to supervise the delivery.
(c) A health certificate for all the puppies.
(d) An abortion for Cindy.

13. What has Mr. Kitson decided to do with the dying ewe in the corner?
(a) Butcher her that evening.
(b) Call the knackerman.
(c) Do everything he can to save her.
(d) Let her "take her chances" and see if she lives or dies.

14. Mr. Ross is upset and wants to leave the Thwaite farm when he hears what news?
(a) Herriot has an urgent call and has to leave.
(b) Marmaduke is in the barn treating the cow.
(c) His wife has gone missing.
(d) The goat died on the operating table.

15. What is Tristan able to get from the farmers that Herriot is not?
(a) Sympathy.
(b) Respect.
(c) Drinks.
(d) Friendship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Herriot like most about having students shadow him?

2. Who is Sam?

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

4. What does Herriot think is wrong with Toby, the cocker spaniel?

5. What is Tristan's response to having his foot stepped on by a cow?

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