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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. Why is Siegfried able to comply with Miss Dooley's request?
(a) He has more experience.
(b) He and Miss Dooley are good friends.
(c) He is more accomodating that Herriot.
(d) He happens to be there at the right time.

2. What does Miss Dooley, the owner of Cindy, the little pregnant dog, want from Herriot?
(a) For Herriot to supervise the delivery.
(b) A shot to make Cindy deliver her puppies.
(c) An abortion for Cindy.
(d) A health certificate for all the puppies.

3. Does Herriot ever employ the strategy he learned from watching Tristan?
(a) Only when he desperately needs to.
(b) All the time.
(c) Whenever he feels he needs a challenge.
(d) No, he doesn't have the courage.

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

5. What dampens Herriot's spirits when he is attending the Daffodil Ball?
(a) Tristan is spending all his time with a girl and he's left all alone.
(b) He sees Helen dancing with Richard Edmundson.
(c) He gets called away to see a bull.
(d) The girl he is with is loud and rude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Herriot come to realize over time?

2. What happened to Richard Carmondy on a call with Herriot?

3. Why is Herriot unable to comply with Miss Dooley's request?

4. What does Siegfried do to get even with Walt Bennett?

5. How was Mr. Bentley acting strangely?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Miss Dooley distressed about her little dog Cindy? What is the root of the problem?

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

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

4. Explain why Mrs. Bond was displeased with Tristan.

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

6. When Herriot is on a schedule and must return to the clinic, what is Herriot doing at Ted Buckle's, and what happens that makes him sure he'll be late?

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

8. Explain why Herriot thought it might be a good idea to sedate Penny to cure her gastroenteritis, and where he got that idea.

9. How does Carmondy's "hands on" experience on cases go? Give examples of what happens.

10. Why does Roland Partridge decide to postpone as long as possible the surgery that Herriot recommends fro his little dog Percy? What possible affect did this delay have?

(see the answer keys)

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