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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the woman in the next room to Helen who also just gave birth?
(a) Mrs. Dewinkle.
(b) Mrs. Greenburn.
(c) Mrs. Dewburn.
(d) Mrs. Dudley.

2. What is the name of the estate owned by Mrs. Rumney?
(a) The Willows.
(b) The Oaks.
(c) The Laurels.
(d) Chestnut Hill.

3. Which farmer's calves were dying mysteriously?
(a) Mr. Boswith's.
(b) Mr. Bethwick's.
(c) Mr. Billing's.
(d) Mr. Biltmore's.

4. What is the name of the man who comes to pick up Mr. Dakin's cow for the fatstock market?
(a) Jack Dodson.
(b) Humphrey Logan.
(c) Alfred Dodge.
(d) John Hodgson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the cheerful blind man?

2. Who is Charlie?

3. What is the nickname of the scary RAF dentist?

4. What did Hulton always count on his foreman to do for him?

5. What condition does the dog, Cedric, suffer from?

Short Essay Questions

1. When James graduates from AC2 what does he become and how do his wages change?

2. Describe Mrs. Rumney.

3. Who is Debbie and what is her fate?

4. How far away is Darrowby from Scarsborough where James is and what does that tempt him to do. Describe briefly what he does.

5. What does James use to attempt curing Rose, Mr. Bailes' cow, but who finally cures her and how?

6. What is James' reaction at the sight of his newborn baby, what does he do and why is it funny?

7. Who is Kim and what happens to him?

8. Describe Johnny and his dog, Fergus.

9. Describe Mr. Grover, Herriot's dentist in Darrowby and Hector McDarroch the dentist James went to as a child in Glasgow.

10. What lesson does James learn from Mr. Stokill?

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