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

2. What is Tristan able to get from the farmers that Herriot is not?
(a) Respect.
(b) Drinks.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Friendship.

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

4. Why didn't Herriot refuse the refills of whiskey and food?
(a) Granville would have taken it personally.
(b) He enjoyed the taste too much to refuse.
(c) He was too hungry to bother.
(d) He knew it would be a long night.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was wrong with Mr. Thwaite's cow?

3. Mr. Ross is upset and wants to leave the Thwaite farm when he hears what news?

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

5. What was Colonel Bosworth's reason for seeing Herriot?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is Herriot's work personality different from Ewan Ross's?

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

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

4. What does Ted Buckle do to calm Herriot down and to get the bull back in his box?

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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

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