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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 do vets do for husk today?
(a) There is a vaccine and a good therapeutic agent.
(b) Administer antibiotics.
(c) None of the above.
(d) The exact same process.

2. What two animals does Herriot treat or diagnose at the Darrowby show?
(a) A pig and a horse.
(b) A dog and a pony.
(c) A cow and a pig.
(d) A cow and a dog.

3. Who or what does Herriot end up prescribing a solution for that also cures the mastitis of Mr. Pickersgill's cow?
(a) The odor in the barn.
(b) The cow's dull coat.
(c) Mr. Pickersgill's back.
(d) Olive.

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

5. What does Mr. Pickersgill call mastitis?
(a) Them masticks.
(b) Felon.
(c) Hot udder.
(d) Bagtitis.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is Mrs. Donovan?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the process Herriot goes through to diagnose the second batch of cows at the Darby farm.

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

5. Describe Mr. Ingledew's singing.

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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