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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Herriot's daughter?

2. What was the name of Josh's dog?

3. How did Herriot want his stories to feel to the reader?

4. How did Herriot describe most of his meals on the ship to Russia?

5. Who owned the cattle Herriot was working with at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Herriot do during a storm on the ship to Russia that shocked the crew?

3. Who was Crooks, and how did he show his admiration for Herriot?

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

5. What was Jimmy's most prized possession when he was a young boy?

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

7. What happened when Herriot and the ships captain tried to take a shortcut?

8. How did Herriot accidentally kill an animal?

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

10. What did Herriot tell Kealy to do to get his pig to produce milk?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Comic relief was a literary tool used well by Herriot in this book. What are some of the key examples of this, and how did these scenes affect the plot of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Herriot not want his daughter to become a veterinarian like himself, and what did he do to change her mind when she said that was her chosen career field?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that people involved in those situations?

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