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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 does Siegfried suspect is the cause of Clancy's vomiting?
(a) He is a very old dog.
(b) A stomach tumor.
(c) He eats every bit of trash he finds.
(d) Joe feeds him rotten meat.

2. Why was Herriot uneasy about taking a blood sample from Monty?
(a) Herriot hated drawing blood.
(b) The bull had grown and turned mean.
(c) Harry Sumner had no way to hold the bull still.
(d) The light was dim in the box. Herriot wasn't sure he could find a vein.

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

4. What do Granville and Herriot do while waiting for Dinah to wake up?
(a) Discuss animal care.
(b) Eat and drink.
(c) Place bets on race horses.
(d) Make a call to treat a cow.

5. What causes a cloud to darken Herriot's day a the Darrowby show?
(a) He realizes he won't be getting paid for the job.
(b) Nobody wants his help or advice.
(c) Helen is walking around with Richard Edmundson.
(d) The usual officiator keeps telling him what to do.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Siegfried treat Mrs. Dalby when she comes to Skeldale house?

4. After driving by the scene of the hauntings at night, what is Herriot surprised by when he returns to Skeldale house?

5. What response does Mrs. Crump have to Mr. Crump offering Herriot some of his wine?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the shift from plow horses to tractors affect the veterinary education and practice?

3. What was the experience of the stomach operation on Monty like for Herriot? Why?

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

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

6. How does a cap play into the story of Mr. Crump and the Bamfords?

7. At the Darrowby show, what parameters does Herriot decide to use to judge the family pet competition? Why?

8. 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?

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

10. What is the relationship between veterinarians like Herriot and Siegried with Granville Bennett?

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