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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 does Jack Brimham's dog look like?
(a) He's a little brown dachshund.
(b) He's a little black miniature schnauzer.
(c) He's a little white rough-haired terrier.
(d) He's a large black and white border collie.

2. How many dogs does Mrs. Ainsworth have?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

3. What is the name of the dog adopted by the poor boy who plays pranks on James?
(a) Duke.
(b) King.
(c) Fido.
(d) Rex.

4. What is the name of the dog that jumps out at Herriot without warning and scares him each time he comes on a call?
(a) King.
(b) Rocky.
(c) Reggie.
(d) Shep.

5. Who is Charlie?
(a) Hulton's prize horse.
(b) Hulton's favorite dog.
(c) Hulton's farm foreman.
(d) Hulton's prize pig.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Mr. Dakin's old cow who returns home to her stall?

2. What breed of dog is the blind man's dog?

3. What are the names of the couple whose Golden Retriever is run over by a car?

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

5. What is the name of the little farmer who is a strict Methodist and has a painful and embarrassing accident with a cow?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Flight Sergeant Blackett and what surprises James about him.

2. What experience does James have with Ralph Beamish the racehorse trainer?

3. Describe Mrs. Rumney.

4. What was wrong with the dog in the car that waved James down when he was on his way home from castrating pigs and how does James handle the problem?

5. Describe Mrs. Beck.

6. Describe Lord Hulton and the situation James faces with his sow who has a prolapsed uterus.

7. Describe Mr. Gilby, the farmer, and mention an embarrassing thing that happens to him.

8. What are some thing Wesley Binks does to torment James?

9. What are the two incidents that happen when Herriot is castrating pigs?

10. Who is Debbie and what is her fate?

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