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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 is husk, the first ailment that afflicted the Darby cattle?
(a) A virus spread through bad water.
(b) Small worms that get into the bronchial tubes.
(c) A deficiency caused by malnutrution.
(d) General symptoms of neglect.

2. What did the inspector find in an old shed?
(a) An old horse.
(b) The bones of many cats.
(c) A patient, starving, yellow dog.
(d) All of the above.

3. What animal does Herriot place first in the Family Pets competition?
(a) A tabby cat.
(b) The mynah bird.
(c) The labrador.
(d) The goldfish.

4. What takes Herriot to the Alderson homestead in chapter seven?
(a) A sick cow.
(b) Helen invited him to Sunday tea.
(c) His car broke down nearby.
(d) He was following up on an animal Siegfried had treated.

5. What made Ben Ashby rethink getting a closer look at Harry Sumner's heifer?
(a) No one wanted to go with him into the pasture.
(b) Herriot advised him not to.
(c) Ben has arthritus and couldn't make it over the fence.
(d) Monty, Harry Sumner's bull.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of self indulgence has Herriot developed over his time as a country vet?

2. What happens to the ewes that causes one to lose her babies?

3. After all the horses were gone from Harland Grange, what animal replaced them?

4. What made survival for the Dalby family especially difficult?

5. After chastising Herriot and Tristan, how successful is Siegfried at examining Clancy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. How good is Herriot at buying furniture at house sales for the apartment? Explain your answer.

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

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. Describe how the calving goes at the Bamfords.

7. Describe the scholastic background of Mr. Pickersgill and how his education manifests itself at the time of the story in chapter five.

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

9. What procedure does Granville Bennett do on Dinah? How does it go? Why didn't Herriot want to do it?

10. Explain the incident and the outcome of the tumor on the cow at Mr. Kendall's. Why did Siegfried conceal what had happened and why did the others think it was funny?

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