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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What reason does Herriot believe is the true reason that Mr. Wilkin sold Sweep instead of Gyp?
(a) Mr. Wilkin believed Gyp to be the better dog.
(b) He became attached to Gyp.
(c) Gyp was illegitimately bred.
(d) Mr. Wilkin knew Sweep was epileptic.

3. What happened to Richard Carmondy on a call with Herriot?
(a) He lost his dignity when a dog bit him on his buttocks.
(b) The farmer laughed at him.
(c) He quit and decided to go home.
(d) He openly contradicted Herriot infront of a farmer.

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

5. What does Herriot have to return on schedule from the afternoon calls for?
(a) The farewell party for Siegfried.
(b) Dinner with the Hodgsons.
(c) Helen's doctors appointment.
(d) To medicate a sick dog.

6. Why was the conversation with Mr. Fryer frustrating for Herriot?
(a) Mr. Fryer's voice was high pitched and sometimes hard to understand.
(b) Mr. Fryer was constantly busy so Herriot couldn't get him to commit to a time.
(c) Mr. Fryer was consistently vague with his answers.
(d) Mr. Fryer would not stop cursing while explaining what was wrong.

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

8. What did Herriot like most about having students shadow him?
(a) He enjoyed having someone to give the dirtier jobs to,
(b) Quizzing them on veterinary knowledge.
(c) Being amused by their lack of experience.
(d) He liked asking them about new advances in animal medicine.

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

10. What condition is Helen is as Herriot plans to leave for the Air Force?
(a) She is devastated at his departure.
(b) She is ill with pneumonia.
(c) She is absorbed with the work she has to do at Heston Grange.
(d) She is pregnant.

11. How was Richard Carmondy different from the other students?
(a) He was not afraid to do the jobs that even Herriot cringed from doing.
(b) He was lazy and unappreciative of the favor Herriot was doing for him.
(c) He did not seem at all interested in veterinary science,
(d) He had an air of superiority.

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

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

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

15. What dampens Herriot's spirits when he is attending the Daffodil Ball?
(a) The girl he is with is loud and rude.
(b) He gets called away to see a bull.
(c) He sees Helen dancing with Richard Edmundson.
(d) Tristan is spending all his time with a girl and he's left all alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Herriot bring the animal to?

2. How does Carmondy get dragged?

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

4. How does Herriot feel about eating fat on meat?

5. Why did it take so long for Herriot and Granville to reach the bar?

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