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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 Harold Ingledew do that keeps his neighbors awake?
(a) Sing loudly when he's drunk.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Do his repair work at night on full moons.
(d) Keeps his lambing pens near his neighbors house.

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

3. Why does Herbert not have a mother?
(a) She rejected him at birth.
(b) She died giving birth.
(c) None of the above.
(d) His mother is sickly and the farmer removed him.

4. After all the horses were gone from Harland Grange, what animal replaced them?
(a) Goats
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Donkeys.
(d) Sheep.

5. What made survival for the Dalby family especially difficult?
(a) They weren't from the area and so didn't know the land well.
(b) The death of Billy Dalby, the father.
(c) They had a huge family and a supported others that couldn't work.
(d) A horrible accident that had crippled the father, Billy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Herriot end up officiating at the Darrowby show?

2. Who is Mrs. Donovan?

3. Why was Herriot uneasy about taking a blood sample from Monty?

4. What caused the eventual disappearance of the draught horse?

5. How long does it take Granville to work on Dinah?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the Darrowby show that Herriot goes to officiate at?

6. Explain Tristan's role in sightings of the monk.

7. Describe Mr. Ingledew's singing.

8. Describe the rapport that Herriot has with Helen's father when he goes out to the Grange for Sunday tea.

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

10. Explain why each of the vets battled with their conscience after seeing Clancy.

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