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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 do vets do for husk today?

2. What made Ben Ashby rethink getting a closer look at Harry Sumner's heifer?

3. What was Herriot suspected of for his placement of the family pets winners?

4. Where did James and Helen move to after their marriage?

5. Which of the following could be used to describe Granville Bennett?

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

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

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

5. How did the shift from plow horses to tractors affect the veterinary education and practice?

6. At the Darrowby show, what parameters does Herriot decide to use to judge the family pet competition? Why?

7. In chapter one, Herriot greatly appreciates a benefit of his wife and married life. What is it?

8. 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?

9. What procedure does Granville Bennett do on Dinah? How does it go? Why didn't Herriot want to do it?

10. Describe the rapport that Herriot has with Helen's father when he goes out to the Grange for Sunday tea.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tristan plays a prank on the town by taking a local legend and recreating a character from it as a ghost. Investigate your own area's past to find interesting local legends.

Part 1. Summarize the legend that existed near his town and what Tristan did as a joke.

Part 2. Research your area and find either local history or legend to find events of a similar nature.

Part 3. What did you discover about the past of your area that you did not previously know? What kind of people lived there? Are there characters from the past that would lend themselves to a prank such as Tristans? How aware of the past are the people in your community?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about canine distemper.

Part 1. What is canine distemper? What is it similar to?

Part 2. Who is at risk for canine distemper? How is it transmitted?

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

Part 4. What prevention and cure is available for canine distemper?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about euthanasia.

Part 1. What is euthanasia? What are the different kinds of euthanasia?

Part 2.What criteria might you use in deciding when to euthanize a pet?

Part 3. What are the primary issues in the debate surrounding the morality of euthanasia in people?

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