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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. Who is Sam?
(a) A large great dane that lives in the neighborhood.
(b) Helen's brother.
(c) The Fleming's bull.
(d) Helen and Herriot's beagle.

2. What did Frank Metcalf do as a profession for most of his life?
(a) An accountant.
(b) A sheep farmer.
(c) A hired farm hand.
(d) A steelworker in Middlesbrough.

3. How does Carmondy get dragged?
(a) He falls of a horse.
(b) Holding onto a roped steer by himself.
(c) He tries to catch a sheep.
(d) Holding onto the car when the brakes give out.

4. What does Herriot have to return on schedule from the afternoon calls for?
(a) Helen's doctors appointment.
(b) Dinner with the Hodgsons.
(c) To medicate a sick dog.
(d) The farewell party for Siegfried.

5. What has Mr. Kitson decided to do with the dying ewe in the corner?
(a) Butcher her that evening.
(b) Let her "take her chances" and see if she lives or dies.
(c) Call the knackerman.
(d) Do everything he can to save her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best characterizes Herriot's opinion of Carmondy at the end of their acquaintance?

2. Why do Herriot and Siegfried spend all night talking at the beginning of chapter 41?

3. What did Herriot like most about having students shadow him?

4. Why did Herriot stop halfway through the lethal injection?

5. What job do Herriot and Siegfried do for Walt Bennett?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. Why was Herriot terrified after doing the tuberculin test on Mr. Dacre's bull?

(see the answer keys)

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