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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What takes Herriot to the Alderson homestead in chapter seven?

2. What does Mr. Pickersgill want to try on his cow to cure the mastitis?

3. Why does Herriot get ill while waiting for Dinah with Granville?

4. What do vets do for husk today?

5. What does Siegfried chastise Herriot and Tristan for in chapter six?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens when Herriot treats the cow at the Darrowby show. What is wrong with the cow? What happens to Herriot while he treats it?

2. What is the Darrowby show that Herriot goes to officiate at?

3. Describe the process Herriot goes through to diagnose the second batch of cows at the Darby farm.

4. Describe what happens with the dog and Rob Benson's sheep. What does the farmer believe has happened? What does Herriot find out when he is called out?

5. Explain Tristan's role in sightings of the monk.

6. Explain why each of the vets battled with their conscience after seeing Clancy.

7. Describe the scholastic background of Mr. Pickersgill and how his education manifests itself at the time of the story in chapter five.

8. Explain what happened when Herriot tried to draw blood from the fully mature Monty.

9. Describe Granville Bennett.

10. Describe Herriot's visit to the Ingledew farm in chapter one.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In All Things Bright and Beautiful we hear about the draft horse being replaced by a tractor and see a vision of agricultural business as it was in the early 1900s. Farming has changed significantly in more ways than just the tractor since then.

Part 1. What are some of the major changes that agriculture has undergone over the last century?

Part 2. What are the effects of these changes? Include a discussion of social and economic effects as well as the effects on the land and the goods produced.

Part 3. Has there been a change in the trends in agriculture over the last decade? What are they and what direction are they headed?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about staggers.

Part 1. What is staggers? What else is it called and who is affected?

Part 2. What are the biological roles of magnesium in the body?

Part 3. What are the symptoms and diagnosis procedure for staggers?

Part 4. What are the steps to take for prevention and cure of staggers?

Essay Topic 3

In many of the stories in "All Things Bright and Beautiful," there is a major challenge handling the animal enough to treat it medically. For example in chapter eighteen Herriot nearly gets severely injured by the bull Monty.

Part 1. What is the responsibility of the person who has decided to make veterinary practice their livelihood to be able to handle dangerous animals?

Part 2. What is the responsibility of the owner of the animal to make sure the veterinarian can safely and easily treat their animal?

Part 3. Is the care of livestock and farm animals it different than for household pets? Why or why not?

Part 4. If an accident were to occur resulting in injury, who is responsible?

Part 5. What other service people put their lives or well being at risk to do their jobs if someone else is ill-prepared? Should they have to?

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