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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 does Walt Bennett do that angers Siegfried?
(a) Ridicule him in front of other clients.
(b) Yell at him over the phone.
(c) Doubt his competence.
(d) Mistreat a horse.

2. What does Herriot see Tristan manage to do?
(a) Not show any signs of pain while working with a broken wrist.
(b) Get invited to three different dinners in the same day.
(c) Get a farmer to feed him tea while delivering a calf.
(d) Get farmers to sneak bottles of whiskey into his car.

3. How many cats does Mrs. Bond keep?
(a) One indoor cat and five outdoor cats.
(b) Many many cats both indoors and out.
(c) Three indoor cats and three outdoor cats.
(d) Only Boris.

4. What reason does Herriot believe is the true reason that Mr. Wilkin sold Sweep instead of Gyp?
(a) Mr. Wilkin believed Gyp to be the better dog.
(b) Mr. Wilkin knew Sweep was epileptic.
(c) He became attached to Gyp.
(d) Gyp was illegitimately bred.

5. As Penny, the poodle with gastroenteritis, get worse and worse, what does Herriot suspect is keeping her from getting better?
(a) Neglect.
(b) The vicious cycle of drinking and vomiting.
(c) Her owners feeding her too much.
(d) The medicines are old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What condition is Helen is as Herriot plans to leave for the Air Force?

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

3. What has Mr. Kitson decided to do with the dying ewe in the corner?

4. How does Mr. Wiggin use more of Herriot's time than Herriot feels is necessary?

5. How late is Herriot by the end of the afternoon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Gyp, the epileptic sheep dog barks for once in his life at the sheep dog trials.

2. 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?

3. Explain what upset Herriot when he goes to trim Mrs. Tompkin's budgie's beak. What does he do about it?

4. Describe the process that Herriot goes through to anesthetize Walt Bennet's horse. How does Siegfried participate?

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

6. Why is Herriot suddenly worried about money in chapter 41?

7. After Herriot and Granville attend the lecture, why is it challenging to return home?

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

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

10. Why does Herriot become upset with Kitson when he goes to deliver some lambs for him?

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