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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Miss Stubbs' animals when she dies?
(a) they are put down
(b) they are given to Miss Stubbs many friends
(c) Herriot must find homes for them
(d) her housekeeper takes them

2. What is unique about Helen compared to the other characters in the book?
(a) she is married to a very mean man
(b) she is a young woman about Herriot's age
(c) she is from Herriot's home town
(d) she is blind

3. Why is Herriot caught in a fierce snow storm?
(a) Tristan took a wrong turn and they got lost
(b) he stayed too late a pub and drank too much
(c) he was out too late with Helen
(d) he trying to find a farm to answer a call

4. Why does Dr. Farnon fuss at Herriot?
(a) for not telling him about the car
(b) for not having Tristan fix the car
(c) for denting up the car
(d) for not fixing the car

5. What surprise does Dr. Farnon have for Herriot?
(a) he makes Herriot a partner
(b) Tristan has moved out
(c) he is leaving to be the vet at the Northwest Racing Circuit
(d) he is retiring

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do they go to eat?

2. What joke does a farmer play on Herriot?

3. Why is Herriot called to the Alderson's home?

4. How would you characterize the Rudd family at the end of this episode?

5. On another occasion when a farmer faints, Herriot leaves the farmer's change on a pail, how much does the farmer say he is short?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think Herriot has a problem with farmer Sidlow? Why or why not?

2. Briefly describe Herriot's encounter with a Great Dane.

3. Do you think Herriot had fun at the dance to which he and Connie went? Why or why not?

4. Briefly describe what it means for a horse to founder.

5. In chapter 58, Herriot describes a man's cow who has some bad habits. What are they?

6. Why does Dr. Farnon not get the job at the racetrack?

7. What major mistake does Herriot make early on when he is inspecting for tuberculosis?

8. Why does Tristan decide that Herriot should go to a dance?

9. What would be the major drawback to Dr. Farnon being the lead veterinarian at the racetrack?

10. What does Herriot do to make a point to the local butcher about paying his bill?

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