View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does James have three cases of while he's going on rounds with the student?
(a) Giving birth.
(b) Indigestion.
(c) False pregnancy.
(d) Prolapsed uterus.

2. What fatal disease does Paul's dog have?
(a) Hodgkin's disease.
(b) Liver cancer.
(c) Leukemia.
(d) Lung cancer.

3. Where was James posted after flying school?
(a) Heaton Park, Manchester.
(b) Lanton Park, Yorkshire.
(c) Mansfield Park, Dorchester.
(d) Winston Park, Shropshire.

4. What phrase makes Herriot's blood freeze when he sees it in Miss Harbottle's handwriting?
(a) TB discovered.
(b) Rung Din.
(c) Time Out.
(d) Ring Min.

5. How much does Herriot's vet friend say he's going to charge him for the small operation performed on his dog, Sam?
(a) Ten pence.
(b) Eight pence.
(c) Ten guineas.
(d) Ten shillings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which farmer who James visits to treat one of the animals has a very soft voice, almost a whisper?

2. What is the name of the man with the loudest voice James has ever heard?

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

4. What is farmer Blackburn's cow who is calving called?

5. What is the name of the student who goes with James on his rounds?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is does Tristan have to stay home all evening at Skeldale house?

2. What is stooking?

3. What is the incident involving Mr. Moverley's expensive Ayreshire cow?

4. What happens on the evening when Siegfried tells Tristan to stay at Skeldale house all evening?

5. Describe the awful night that James was called out to treat a calf with a stomach upset while he's fighting off a cold.

6. What is James' relationship with the Ministry of Agriculture?

7. What's the name of Roddy's dog and what kind of emergency surgery does James perform on him?

8. What does Siegfried chastise James about regarding an old-age pensioner and why does it turn our to be a paradox?

9. Who are Andrew Vine and Digger and what happens to them?

10. Describe Paul Cotterell and his dog and what happens to them.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 667 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample