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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 the estate owned by Mrs. Rumney?

2. How long have James and Helen been married at the beginning of the book?

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

4. Who is the owner of the Fox and Hounds?

5. What is the name of the owner of the Greyhound Track?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Kim and what happens to him?

3. Who are Albert Close and Mick and what is their story?

4. Who is Stewie Brannon and what does James do for him?

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

6. 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?

7. What does Shep Mr. Bailes' dog do when James comes that really annoys him and how does James finally handle it?

8. Describe Mrs. Rumney.

9. Describe Johnny and his dog, Fergus.

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) Describe the lesson James learned when working for farmer Edwards in Shropshire. Describe the tasks he was asked to do for the farmer. What did he do that proved his worth as a veterinarian?

2) What are the men in the R.A.F. told never to forget having with them? Why?

3) Retell the story about the calf who had eaten too much fruit. Under what circumstances did James have to go on this call? What was the reaction

of the farmer when James had finished operating on the calf?

Choose one of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe what happens when Siegfried tells Tristan to stay home and study one evening. What else is Tristan supposed to do that evening for Siegfried? What happens? What part does Tristan's girlfriend Lydia play in the incident?

2) What happens to James that makes him identify with Mr. Potts and recall his experience with him?

3) Did you learn any lesson from the story of James and Mr. Potts? What was it?

Choose two of the topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) What menial work does James have to do when he is grounded? What makes it particularly frustrating?

2) Who was Roddy Travers? What did he do for a living? What was strange about his dog?

3) Describe Mr. Duggleby. What animal did he raise and why? What did he constantly talk about?

Choose two of the topics to write on.

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