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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 kind of dog was Brandy?

2. Why did Jimmy say he enjoyed music?

3. When did Herriot say Biggins usually called him?

4. What did Brandy get his nose stuck in?

5. What did Herriot first think Biggins's cow had died of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who did Herriot think will miss him the most when he left the ship and why?

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

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

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

7. Why was Herriot so relieved to land in Istanbul?

8. What happened to the Derricks in this book?

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

10. What caused Brandy to lose his vivacious nature?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A few different animals in this book showed the effects of a lack of discipline from their owners. What were these examples, and how did Herriot respond when dealing with those animals in his own clinic?

Essay Topic 2

What important lesson did Herriot learn from his interactions with Robert Maxwell, and how did this change the way Herriot did business with others?

Essay Topic 3

What made Herriot's trip to Istanbul so stressful, and how did he deal with each of those stressful elements?

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