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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 did Mr. Kitson make the delivery that Herriot performs much more difficult?
(a) None of the above.
(b) By talking loudly the entire time.
(c) By asking Herriot to explain everything he does.
(d) By insisting they do it in a tiny dark stall.

2. Why did it take so long for Herriot and Granville to reach the bar?
(a) Granville kept running into people he knew.
(b) Their were tables and chairs in their way.
(c) Harriot kept trying to steer Granville away.
(d) The crowd was too large.

3. What was caught in the throat of Mr. Kirby's goat Dorothy?
(a) Mr. Kirby's summer drawers.
(b) A Corn-cobb pipe.
(c) A tin can.
(d) A mass of shredded newspaper.

4. What does Carmondy ask Herriot for?
(a) Hands on experience.
(b) A referral.
(c) Advice.
(d) To stop quizzing him about diseases.

5. What does Herriot go to see Boris for?
(a) A bone stuck in his teeth.
(b) Vaccinations.
(c) A broken leg.
(d) Worms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What chance does Herriot take before euthanizing Penny?

2. What does Walt Bennett do that angers Siegfried?

3. Why was Roland Partridge considered an unlikely character in Darrowby?

4. Where did Herriot agree to go before returning home?

5. What does Herriot think is wrong with Toby, the cocker spaniel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why all the town dogs were attracted to Percy, the little dog with the tumor.

2. When Herriot goes to the lecture with Granville Bennett, what do they miss and what do they arrive just in time for?

3. Describe Tristan's behavior while delivering a calf.

4. Describe the byre that Frank Metcalf builds for his cows. How is it different from most local byres?

5. How does Herriot's attitude about the English farmer change over the course of chapter twenty? Why does it change?

6. Mr. Bentley arrives at the surgery to ask Herriot to come out and see his cow the next day. What is he doing that is odd and why?

7. When does Herriot see Carmondy again? What happens?

8. How does Herriot feel after eating at the Horners? What lasting effect does it have on him?

9. What difficulty does Herriot have diagnosing Toby, the cocker spaniel that the Dimmocks bring him to see? How does he finally manage to discover what is wrong?

10. What call do Herriot and Helen go on when they leave the Daffodil Ball? What happens there?

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