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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. A local resident shares a remedy for lameness with Herriot; what is the remedy?

2. What illness does Dan Cooper's cow have?

3. What happens because of this discovery?

4. What is the outcome of the treatment for Ticki Woo?

5. In this same chapter, Herriot also operates on a horse that has what problem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What unpleasant task does Herriot deal with in chapter 25?

2. How would you describe Dr. Farnon?

3. In what amusing way does Mrs. Pumphrey describe Herriot's relationship with her animals?

4. How does Herriot stand up for what is right in chapter 28?

5. Herriot is from the city. What does chapter 10 show us about the difference between the way rural folk approach life and how urban residents approach life?

6. Chapter 11 deals with what kind of relationship?

7. What mistake does Herriot make in chapter 32?

8. What lesson do you think Herriot learns in chapter 34?

9. How does Herriot astound Phin Calvert with his treatments?

10. What community disaster involving Tristan happens in chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

List 5 characters you liked in the book and 5 characters you disliked. Explain your choices and use examples from the book to support your opinions.

Essay Topic 2

Herroit is a veterinarian in a rural community in the mid 1900's. Explain some of the challenges farmers faced in those days and how that differs from problems we face in the more urban or suburban lifestyle that most of us live today.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Dr. Farnon with James Herriot. Discuss both professional and personal areas where they are alike and different. Give examples.

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