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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. Who did Herriot bring the animal to?

2. In chapter 39, what trait of Helen's does Herriot discuss?

3. What dampens Herriot's spirits when he is attending the Daffodil Ball?

4. How did Mr. Partridge react to the mob of dogs?

5. What does Herriot have to return on schedule from the afternoon calls for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Describe the byre that Frank Metcalf builds for his cows. How is it different from most local byres?

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

5. Describe Tristan's behavior while delivering a calf.

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

7. Explain why Mrs. Bond was displeased with Tristan.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many things can go wrong in the reproductive cycles of livestock, especially in the time surrounding birth.

Part 1. What are some of the things that can go wrong during the birth of an animal?

Part 2. What are the signs that something is going wrong?

Part 3. What happens if left untreated and what can be done to fix the problem?

Part 4. How has the treatment for these problems changed or stayed the same since Herriot's time?

Essay Topic 2

Several times during the book, Herriot talks about what it was like practicing in days before penicillin. Write an essay about the discover of penicillin and how it impacted the world.

Part 1. When and how was penicillin discovered?

Part 2. How did things change for the medical field due to penicillin?

Part 3. What are some treatments that are no longer used due to penicillin?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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