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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was wrong with the cow that was thought to have a broken leg?
(a) It had a split hoof.
(b) It had a hobnail.
(c) It had an inflamed knee.
(d) It had an infection.

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

3. What did a sailor ask Herriot to show him on his first trip?
(a) How to feed the animals.
(b) How to calm an angry animal.
(c) How to tie a proper knot.
(d) How to sleep with the sound of the animals.

4. What did Crooks fill a bottle with?
(a) Air from his first surgery.
(b) Sand from the farm.
(c) Grass seeds from Herriot's yard.
(d) Blood.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who saved Herriot from being sent to prison in Russia?

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

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

5. What did Herriot do when he saw that the farmer at the beginning of the book had not fulfilled his promise?

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