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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Mrs. Beck's cat who is so difficult to control?

2. What is the name of the retired shepherd who sat in the same place every night at the Fox and Hounds?

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

4. What is the name of the blind man's dog?

5. What kind of breed are Mrs. Ainsworth's dogs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Debbie and what is her fate?

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. What is the biggest problem James encounters during his stay in Hensfield?

7. Describe Mrs. Beck.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Herriot mentions a number of times in his book his opinion of women. Do you remember his comments about women? Describe some of them. Did he regard women highly? Do you think he understood women? How close do you think he was to his wife? Explain why you think that.

2) Describe James Herriot's writing style. What did you like about the way he wrote his book? Are there any things about his writing style that you would criticize? What are they?

3) Of all the dogs you can remember from the book, which one was your favorite? Tell which one and why it was your favorite.

Choose two of the three topics to write on..

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe Mr. Grover the dentist and James' relationship with him. Where does he practice dentistry?

2) Describe Hector McDarroch the dentist and James' childhood experience with him. Where did he practice dentistry?

3) Describe "the butcher". What was James' experience with him. Where did he practice dentistry?

Choose two of the three topics to write about.

Essay Topic 3

1) Recount briefly the story James tells about Mr. Dakin and his cow, Blossom and why you liked it.

2) Describe Lord Hulton, one of the animal owners James visits. What is one of his characteristics? What is wrong with Lord Hulton's pig and is James successful in saving it?

3) Who is Charlie and what relationship does he have with Lord Hulton? What does Hulton rely on Charlie to always do for him?

Write on two of the three topics.

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