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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. How do Frank's cows get sick?

2. What odd tools did Mr. Ross require to fix the animal?

3. What condition is Helen is as Herriot plans to leave for the Air Force?

4. Which of the following best characterizes Herriot's opinion of Carmondy at the end of their acquaintance?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Herriot become upset with Kitson when he goes to deliver some lambs for him?

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

7. Explain the relationship between Marmaduke "Duke" Skelton and Ewan Ross.

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

9. Describe the Dimmock family.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about tetanus, also known as lockjaw.

Part 1. What is tetanus? How do people or animals get it? Who is most at risk and where is it most common?

Part 2. What are the symptoms and pathophysiology of tetanus?

Part 3. What prevention is available and what cures?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about sheep dogs and sheep dog trials.

Part 1. Explain the roles of livestock guardian dogs and herding dogs.

Part 2. What breeds have traditionally been used for each? Why are they appropriate.

Part 3. Explain the training involved in herding dogs and the competitions such as sheep dog trials that measure it.

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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