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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men were needed to help the injured cow in Chapter 6?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. What worried Herriot's son most when he heard he wouldn't be able to go on calls anymore?
(a) His mother would be disappointed.
(b) He would have to play with other kids.
(c) He wouldn't learn to be a veterninarian.
(d) Someone else would wear his boots.

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

4. What kind of surgery did Herriot perform on a cow in Chapter 8?
(a) A limb amputation.
(b) A Tumor extraction.
(c) A C-section.
(d) A frontal lobotomy.

5. How did Herriot describe most of his meals on the ship to Russia?
(a) Chef quality.
(b) Prison quality.
(c) Military quality.
(d) Grand quality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Herriot have to adjust to when he returned to veterinary work?

2. What new medicine did Herriot use when he returned to veterinary work?

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

4. What was the first sickness that Herriot attended to while on the ship with the sheep?

5. What did Herriot have to do after treating the cow that was thought to have a broken leg?

(see the answer key)

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