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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After driving by the scene of the hauntings at night, what is Herriot surprised by when he returns to Skeldale house?
(a) Tristan dressed as a monk in his room.
(b) Another sighting of the ghost that night.
(c) An unknown car parked in his spot in the garage.
(d) Tristan and Siegfried waiting up for him.

3. What does Herriot purchase in the auction house?
(a) A weaving loom.
(b) An old set of outdated medical tools.
(c) A large rug for the living room.
(d) A twenty-four volume set of the the geography of the world.

4. How easy does Herriot find it to diagnose the second batch of Darby cattle?
(a) He knows almost immediately that it is going to be just as bad.
(b) He has no idea what is wrong the first two times he sees them.
(c) He still does not know what was wrong with them.
(d) It takes him a long time because he has to do several tests.

5. What is wrong with the cow that Herriot and Helen's father go to treat?
(a) A magnesium deficiency called "the staggers."
(b) They have no idea.
(c) She ate a poisonous plant.
(d) A broken leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Herriot suspect that Mr. Pickersgill is the cause of the problem with his cow's mastitis?

2. How does Dinah do after being treated by Granville?

3. Who goes with Herriot to the Darrowby show?

4. Why did Harry say that Monty was ungrateful?

5. What does Mr Kendall give to Siegfried when they call to his ranch to see a cow?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the solution Herriot finds for Mr. Pickersgill and his cow.

2. Describe who Roy is and the state he is in when the inspector takes Herriot to him.

3. Describe what happens with the dog and Rob Benson's sheep. What does the farmer believe has happened? What does Herriot find out when he is called out?

4. Why did Cliff Tyreman have such fondness for Badger?

5. At the end of chapter thirteen, Herriot gives us a glimpse what the Darby household is like twenty years later. How are the Darbys doing twenty years later?

6. What does Herriot find so difficult and horrifying about treating the cows for husk at the Darby farm?

7. How does the day at the Darrowby show differ from the "pleasant day out" he expected it to be?

8. Explain what happened when Herriot tried to draw blood from the fully mature Monty.

9. Describe what happens when Herriot treats the cow at the Darrowby show. What is wrong with the cow? What happens to Herriot while he treats it?

10. In chapter one, Herriot greatly appreciates a benefit of his wife and married life. What is it?

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