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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 Siegfried say made the Whites such mean dogs?

2. What country did Herriot land in on his anniversary?

3. What is wrong with the wagon for the cows in Istanbul?

4. What did farmers start removing from their bulls in Chapter 33?

5. What was wrong with Ron Cundall's dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened the first time Mr. Biggins called on Herriot for help?

2. What happened to the Derricks in this book?

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

4. What happened when Herriot tried to talk about Gearge Bernard Shaw with a farmer?

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

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

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

8. Why was Herriot not able to make a good phone call while in Istanbul?

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

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

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

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

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who were the people most affected by this theme, and how did they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

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