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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 country did Herriot land in on his anniversary?

2. Where did Crooks send Herriot on his second trip in the book?

3. Where did Herriot have to go in Istanbul to use a phone?

4. What number cow presented a problem in Istanbul?

5. What did Herriot say changed the behavior of the mean White puppies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What caused Brandy to lose his vivacious nature?

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

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

5. Why did the ship stop in Poland?

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

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

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

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

10. What funny habit did Brandy have?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Herriot was very upset about what happened with Amber, the stray dog. What happened to Amber, and why was this so upsetting to Herriot? How did this event change him as a veterinarian?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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