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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 vet who always gets James drunk?

2. How old is Lucy?

3. Who prepares the food at the Winckfield flying school?

4. What is the nationality of the restaurant James and Helen are invited to go to in Newcastle?

5. Who is Herriot's flying instructor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe James' visit to the Blackburn cow farm.

3. What is stooking?

4. What happens to the little stray dog that James and Siegfried observe begging in the marketplace?

5. Who is Granville Bennett and why does James dread coming together with him?

6. What new product does Mr. Barge sell to Siegfried and James and what is it supposed to do?

7. Describe the Birtwhistles.

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

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

10. What does James remember from his childhood about how he spent every weekend from Easter to October?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe Paul Cotterel and his dog, Theo. What happens to both of them and why does it weigh so heavily on James?

2) Describe Andrew Vine and his dog, Digger. What happens to both of them and how does James help the situation?

3) Describe what happens when James takes a young student interested in becoming a vet on his rounds with him? Why is James chagrined?

Choose two of the 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) Describe Mrs. Ainsworth, the woman James visits on two Christmas days. What pets does she own? What is the story of Debbie and Buster?

2) What phenomenon does James experience during the last weeks of Helen's pregnancy? How far away from Darrowby is he stationed? How does he break the military rules?

3) Describe James's visit to Mr. Beamish, the race horse trainer. How happens during the visit? How does James change Beamish's opinion of him?

Write on two of the three topics.

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