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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 was wrong with Mr. Thwaite's cow?

2. What was caught in the throat of Mr. Kirby's goat Dorothy?

3. Why is Herriot unable to comply with Miss Dooley's request?

4. How does Mr. Wiggin use more of Herriot's time than Herriot feels is necessary?

5. How many cats does Mrs. Bond keep?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Carmondy's "hands on" experience on cases go? Give examples of what happens.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In All Things Bright and Beautiful we hear about the draft horse being replaced by a tractor and see a vision of agricultural business as it was in the early 1900s. Farming has changed significantly in more ways than just the tractor since then.

Part 1. What are some of the major changes that agriculture has undergone over the last century?

Part 2. What are the effects of these changes? Include a discussion of social and economic effects as well as the effects on the land and the goods produced.

Part 3. Has there been a change in the trends in agriculture over the last decade? What are they and what direction are they headed?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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