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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. In chapter one, Herriot returns to bed after a long night out. Where was he?
(a) Delivering a lamb at the Ingledew farm.
(b) Stuck at a social gathering at the Ingledew farm.
(c) Out drinking with Mr. Ingledew.
(d) Rescuing Mr. Ingledew's injured horse.

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

3. What caused the eventual disappearance of the draught horse?
(a) The invention of the tractor.
(b) The disapearance of family farms.
(c) Their replacement with mules.
(d) A mass outbreak of equine diseases.

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

5. What is wrong with the cow that Herriot and Helen's father go to treat?
(a) A magnesium deficiency called "the staggers."
(b) She ate a poisonous plant.
(c) A broken leg.
(d) They have no idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Herriot go when he leaves the Crumps?

2. What causes Herriot concern about Jock?

3. What two animals does Herriot treat or diagnose at the Darrowby show?

4. In the beginning of chapter 15, why is Siegfried especially touchy and cantankerous?

5. What does Herriot feel vets are regularly called to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Describe Granville Bennett.

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

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

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

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

8. Describe what happens when Herriot treats the cow at the Darrowby show. What is wrong with the cow? What happens to Herriot while he treats it?

9. Describe Herriot's visit to the Ingledew farm in chapter one.

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

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