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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 45 - 48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the baby Sidney's father do for a living?
(a) He's a Chimney Sweep.
(b) He's a backer.
(c) He's a carpenter.
(d) He's a butcher.

2. How does Herriot's vet experience come in handy with the farmer he is working for?
(a) He treats the farmer's dog who has a broken leg.
(b) He delivers the breech birth of a calf easily.
(c) He bandages a wound on one of the farmer's horses.
(d) He delivers a lamb easily when the farmer cannot.

3. What is the name of the racehorse owner who doesn't trust Herriot to treat his horses and wants Farnon instead?
(a) Beamish.
(b) Barratt.
(c) Turner.
(d) Whyte.

4. What is the name of the housekeeper who takes care of James in the mill town where he is covering for Siegfried's friend?
(a) Mrs. Hollyfield.
(b) Mrs. McCoy.
(c) Mrs. Holroyd.
(d) Mrs. Hatfield.

5. What is the fee James gets for the only doctoring he had done on a human?
(a) A sixpence.
(b) Six shillings.
(c) Seven pence.
(d) Five shillings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the frightening symptoms in Terence Bailey's cow turn out to be?

2. What is the stock remark among Yorkshire farmers when things go wrong?

3. What condition did James have all his life that gives him a secret fear in the RAF?

4. What farmer is James allotted to help in Shropshire?

5. How much does Herriot's vet friend say he's going to charge him for the small operation performed on his dog, Sam?

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