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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Herriot's partner?
(a) Siegfried.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Simon.
(d) Stewart.

2. What did Herriot have to do after treating the cow that was thought to have a broken leg?
(a) Fix a gate.
(b) Inseminate the cow.
(c) Castrate a bull.
(d) Corral calves.

3. How did Herriot want his stories to feel to the reader?
(a) Uplifting.
(b) Dynamic.
(c) Entertaining.
(d) Serious.

4. What kind of tree did Herriot's son climb to see a surgery?
(a) Pine.
(b) Poplar.
(c) Wisteria.
(d) Oak.

5. What was pushing the small farmers out of business?
(a) Big farming.
(b) High land prices.
(c) All of these.
(d) Technology.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Herriot feel about his accommodations on the ship of his first trip?

2. What fell on Herriot at the beginning of the book?

3. Where did Herriot travel to in his first trip of the book?

4. What kind of boots did Herriot's son want when he was little?

5. What did Herriot realize had not changed when he returned to veterinary work?

(see the answer key)

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