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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 Carmondy ask Herriot for?

2. What does Herriot think is wrong with Toby, the cocker spaniel?

3. What saves Herriot from being squashed by Mr. Dacre's bull?

4. How does Herriot consume the meal served to him by the Horners?

5. Why didn't Herriot refuse the refills of whiskey and food?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When Herriot goes to the lecture with Granville Bennett, what do they miss and what do they arrive just in time for?

5. Describe the Dimmock family.

6. How does Herriot feel after eating at the Horners? What lasting effect does it have on him?

7. After Herriot and Granville attend the lecture, why is it challenging to return home?

8. 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?

9. Explain why Gyp, the epileptic sheep dog barks for once in his life at the sheep dog trials.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the value of prompt treatment.

Part 1. What are the possible negative ramifications of waiting too long for an animal to be seen by a vet?

Part 2. What signs might an animal display that you might reasonably decide to wait to seek treatment?

Part 3. What symptoms might an animal display that indicates it is important to seek prompt veterinary care?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about brucellosis.

Part 1. What is the history of our understanding of brucellosis? What are some of the names it picked up along the way and why?

Part 2.What is brucellosis and how does it affect people or animals?

Part 3. What are the steps to prevent or cure brucellosis?

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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