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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. Where do people report seeing the monk at night?
(a) Walking in the hallways of the church.
(b) On a hill close to an old abbey.
(c) Crossing the town square.
(d) On the moor.

2. Which of the following could be used to describe Granville Bennett?
(a) Larger than life.
(b) A local legend.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Work hard play hard.

3. What does Siegfried chastise Herriot and Tristan for in chapter six?
(a) Drinking on the job.
(b) Being careless and flippant.
(c) Leaving instruments at farms after a field call.
(d) Not being punctual.

4. How does Herbert stay alive without a mother?
(a) The farmer feeds him.
(b) An old ewe lets him nurse with her babies.
(c) He nurses off random unsuspecting ewes.
(d) He fends for himself eating grass.

5. What does Herriot learn about the Bamfords the day after he goes there?
(a) They thought he was homeless.
(b) There were ruthlessly against drinking and alcohol.
(c) They lost a cow because he didn't make it there in time.
(d) They often hosted people leaving the Crumps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flavors of wine does Herriot try at Mr. Crumps house?

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

3. What could Herriot do medicinally for the cattle with husk?

4. What is Jock's favorite thing?

5. What does Mr. Pickersgill want to try on his cow to cure the mastitis?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Granville Bennett.

10. 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?

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