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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 profession does Mr. Ronald Beresford have?
(a) He's a lawyer.
(b) He's a bank manager.
(c) He's an inn keeper.
(d) He's a postal clerk.

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

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

4. What is the name of the elderly man James and Sam meet every day on their stroll by the river before lunch?
(a) Mr. Potley.
(b) Mr. Potts.
(c) Mr. Pitts.
(d) Mr. Phelps.

5. Who ends up adopting the little stray dog who was hit by a car?
(a) J.R. Phillips.
(b) J.M. Phinney,
(c) P.C. Finney.
(d) P.C. Phelps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is there a cow calving in Chapter 39?

2. What do Siegfried and James miss attending because they have to operate on a little dog who has been hit by a car?

3. What is the name of the farm family whose three members all talk at the same time?

4. What kind of a dog is Coco and how old is he?

5. Where are the two childhood camping chums now while James is in the RAF in Shropshire?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mr. Potts and what does James do for him?

2. What happens when David, a student considering becoming a veterinarian, goes on rounds with James?

3. Who is Judy and what is extraordinary about her?

4. Describe James' first solo flight.

5. Describe Mr. Mount and his relationship with Tristan.

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

7. What is stooking?

8. Who is Roddy Travers?

9. Describe Elijah Wenworth and the situation with his bull.

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

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