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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 Brandy get deathly ill with?

2. What kind of animal did the Derrick's own?

3. What happened shortly after two brothers bought insurance policies?

4. What did Herriot's clinic buy when artificial insemination became a new trend?

5. What was the Derrick's animal nibbling on when he got there?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Siegfried get Biggins to followhis instructions?

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

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

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

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

6. What funny habit did Brandy have?

7. What happened to the Derricks in this book?

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

9. What happened to Rip?

10. Who did Herriot say felt the most stress at recitals and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Herriot react to his wife going into labor, and why was this such an ironic situation?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Tristan was a minor person in this story whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence- however brief, altered Herriot's life? What would have happened differently if Tristan had not been in Herriot's life at all?

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