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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal was the injection shown to Herriot meant to treat?
(a) Cats.
(b) Horses.
(c) Cows.
(d) Goats.

2. What did Herriot use to cure a cow of a kidney disease in Chapter 10?
(a) An injection.
(b) Sulphor.
(c) Penicillin.
(d) Acetominaphin.

3. What did Josh like to rub between his fingers?
(a) Paper.
(b) Fur.
(c) Hair.
(d) Sand.

4. How did Herriot describe his first impression of his daughter?
(a) Bloody.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Bony.
(d) Bloated.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many calves did the cow from Chapter 8 give birth to after her surgery?

2. What did Josh charge for his services when it went badly?

3. What were most veterinarians in Herriot's time specializing in?

4. Why was travel limited when Bret Kealy's daughter's animal gave birth?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Herriot give constant praise to on the ship, and why?

2. What did Herriot laugh about when he went to help Mr. Ripley and why?

3. How did Siegfried find out that the car salesman had lied to him?

4. How was the bull with the stomach tumor controlled in Chapter 6?

5. What did Miss Grantley use the clinic for?

6. What did the man in Chapter 2 think was wrong with his dog?

7. Why did Herriot get upset with the student helping him with the Cesarian section?

8. How did blocked in farmers at Darrowby get food during the bad snow falls?

9. How did the owner of the animal Herriot accidentally killed respond to the incident?

10. What caused Herriot to threaten to not take his son on any more calls?

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