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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 Helen's nurse?

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

3. To what location are the RAF men marched every day for shooting practice?

4. What is the name of the Golden Retriever who is hit by a car?

5. What do James and Helen name the baby?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Kim and what happens to him?

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

7. Describe Mrs. Rumney.

8. Describe Mrs. Beck.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe what happens when there is a rash of strychnine poisonings in Darrowby. Mention a dog or two who are poisoned. Which dog is the only dog to survive being poisoned? Do they catch the perpetrator?

2) Describe Mrs Beck. Describe why James and Tristan are annoyed with her. Describe her cat, Georgina and what she has to have done to her.

3) Who is Mr. Gilby? Describe him. What happens to him that makes him embarrassed?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Whose practice did James take over in Hensfield? Describe the difference between the veterinary practice in Hensfield with the one at Skeldale house.

2) What happened to Kim, the Golden Retriever? Who were his owners? Was James successful in helping him?

3) Describe James' experience at the Greyhound Racetract in Hensfleld.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) Tell the story of the little stray dog Siegfried and James see begging in the market place. What happens to the dog? What do Siegfried, James and the policeman do?

2) What does James hate to do and isn't good at doing which involves the Ministry of Agriculture. Explain what almost happens because of one of James's clerical errors.

3) Describe what happens on James' first solo flight.

Choose two of the topics to write on.

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