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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. Who is Mrs. Donovan?
(a) All of the above.
(b) A woman who fancies herself an animal doctor.
(c) An old gypsy.
(d) A nosy old lady.

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

3. What reception does Herriot receive from the lady and her poodle?
(a) The lady is appalled that the poodle likes Herriot.
(b) They both look at him with sweet, dewey eyes.
(c) They both glare at him hostilely.
(d) The poodle tries to hide behind the lady, who says he never does that.

4. How does Dinah do after being treated by Granville?
(a) She recovers quickly.
(b) She is hospitalized for over a week.
(c) She never fully recovers.
(d) She dies three days later.

5. How was Badger's death significant to Harland Grange?
(a) He was the last work horse.
(b) He was their only prized show horse.
(c) He was every worker's favorite horse.
(d) He was the only stallion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Herriot suspected of for his placement of the family pets winners?

2. What does Herriot do for Mrs Donovan and Roy?

3. What does Harold Ingledew do that keeps his neighbors awake?

4. How do Herbert and the ewe end up together?

5. What made Ben Ashby rethink getting a closer look at Harry Sumner's heifer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Granville Bennett.

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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