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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 does Mr Kendall give to Siegfried when they call to his ranch to see a cow?

2. What causes Herriot concern about Jock?

3. What animals does Herriot have to judge in the family pet competition?

4. Why does Herbert not have a mother?

5. Why was Herriot uneasy about taking a blood sample from Monty?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the solution Herriot finds for Mr. Pickersgill and his cow.

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

3. How does a cap play into the story of Mr. Crump and the Bamfords?

4. Describe Mr. Ingledew's singing.

5. Describe how the calving goes at the Bamfords.

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

7. At the end of chapter thirteen, Herriot gives us a glimpse what the Darby household is like twenty years later. How are the Darbys doing twenty years later?

8. How does the day at the Darrowby show differ from the "pleasant day out" he expected it to be?

9. How good is Herriot at buying furniture at house sales for the apartment? Explain your answer.

10. Explain the incident and the outcome of the tumor on the cow at Mr. Kendall's. Why did Siegfried conceal what had happened and why did the others think it was funny?

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

The series of books by James Herriot are titled after and Anglican hymn called "All Things Bright and Beautiful."

Part 1. Provide a brief biography of Cecil Frances Alexander and her religious works.

Part 2. Discuss verse 3 and why it is not currently included in the hymn. What social structure did Cecil Frances Alexander belong to that would inspire such a verse?

Part 3. What are the possible sources of inspiration for the hymn? What do you think is likely?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about milk fever.

Part 1. What is milk fever? Who does it affect?

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

Part 3. What are the symptoms and diagnosis process for milk fever?

Part 4. What are the cures for milk fever? What treatments used to be used and how did they work?

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