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

2. Who is Granville Bennett?
(a) An animal healer.
(b) A local horse vet.
(c) A very accomplished small animal vet in a nearby town.
(d) A dangerously incompetent veterinarian nearby.

3. Why was Herriot uneasy about taking a blood sample from Monty?
(a) The light was dim in the box. Herriot wasn't sure he could find a vein.
(b) The bull had grown and turned mean.
(c) Herriot hated drawing blood.
(d) Harry Sumner had no way to hold the bull still.

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

5. Why won't Herriot let the man with the terrier show his dog?
(a) The dog is of the wrong breed.
(b) The dog has a temperature and Herriot suspects distemper.
(c) The dog is uncontrollable.
(d) The dog is not registered.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is peace restored to Jock's life?

2. How does Siegfried treat Mrs. Dalby when she comes to Skeldale house?

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

4. What phrase does Mrs Donovan repeat to Herriot for years?

5. What happened to Badger?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Granville Bennett.

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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