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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. How do the brothers feel when their first insurance company drops their coverage?
(a) Scared.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Confused.
(d) Angry.

2. What was Herriot treating when two brothers bought an insurance policy?
(a) A goat.
(b) A rooster.
(c) A sow.
(d) A cow.

3. How did Herriot prove his seaworthiness?
(a) He never got sea sick.
(b) He was not afraid of the heavy waves.
(c) He knew how to tie knots.
(d) He could understand all the lingo.

4. What did Siegfried inject Biggins's cow with?
(a) Penicillan.
(b) Immunizations.
(c) Antibodies.
(d) Vitamins.

5. What was the Derrick's animal nibbling on when he got there?
(a) Garbage.
(b) Cheese curds.
(c) Cabbage.
(d) Strawberries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rosie become?

2. What happened shortly after two brothers bought insurance policies?

3. What word did Herriot use to describe the first set of mean Whites?

4. What did Rosie say that calmed the animal that almost hurt her.

5. What was Walt Barnett's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Herriot's friend feel about Herriot's job at the beginning of his day de-horning bulls?

2. What did Nielsen do for Herriot during the large storms on the way back to England?

3. How did Herriot feel about the trend of removing bull horns?

4. What did the brothers do after buying insurance policies?

5. What funny habit did Brandy have?

6. What did Herriot say Jack Scott did for all of his animals?

7. How did Siegfried get Biggins to followhis instructions?

8. How did Jimmy perform at the piano recital described in the book?

9. Why were the men on the ship so nice to Herriot on the day they landed in Poland?

10. How did Bramble win first place in a cow show?

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