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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 did Herriot do for his student after the surgery in Chapter 8?

2. What surprised Herriot about his wife when she went into labor with their daughter?

3. What interfered with sewing the cow back up in Chapter 8?

4. What was the name of Herriot's town?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Herriot think the cow with the Cesarian section would die?

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

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

4. What had changed about his profession when Herriot returned from the military?

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

6. What special skill did Josh say he had?

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

8. What did someone in Russia spend 5 hours doing for the sheep?

9. How did the Mongolian Russians feel when they were captured, and why?

10. What did Herriot want to see most in Russia, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Herriot talked a lot about the advancements happening in his career at the time of this book. What were some of these advancements, and how did they enhance Herriot's career?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the people touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

What kinds of things did Herriot do during his voyage to Russia that built strong friendships with the people on board the ship with him?

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