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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 did the A.A man say to Herriot?
(a) That he would have to detour down more windy road.
(b) That the road they had driven the previous night was closed.
(c) That his tired were to bald to drive.
(d) That driving in the snow would be too dangerous.

2. Where was Percy's tumor?
(a) His mouth.
(b) His testicle.
(c) Above his left eye.
(d) At the base of his tail.

3. Why did Herriot stop halfway through the lethal injection?
(a) The animal had already died.
(b) He decided to sedate the animal and try to repair it.
(c) He realized he had grabbed the wrong syringe.
(d) He was startled by Colonel Bosworth's objections.

4. Why did it take so long for Herriot and Granville to reach the bar?
(a) Granville kept running into people he knew.
(b) Their were tables and chairs in their way.
(c) Harriot kept trying to steer Granville away.
(d) The crowd was too large.

5. Why was Roland Partridge considered an unlikely character in Darrowby?
(a) He dressed unusually.
(b) He refused to buy a house and lived off the land.
(c) He prefered cats to dogs,
(d) Although his background was farming he was an artist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Marmaduke "Duke" Skelton?

2. Who owns the cocker spaniel that the Dimmocks bring to Herriot?

3. How does Herriot feel about eating fat on meat?

4. Why do Herriot and Siegfried spend all night talking at the beginning of chapter 41?

5. How did Mr. Partridge react to the mob of dogs?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Carmondy's "hands on" experience on cases go? Give examples of what happens.

2. In what way is Herriot's work personality different from Ewan Ross's?

3. What does Ted Buckle do to calm Herriot down and to get the bull back in his box?

4. Why does Roland Partridge decide to postpone as long as possible the surgery that Herriot recommends fro his little dog Percy? What possible affect did this delay have?

5. Explain why all the town dogs were attracted to Percy, the little dog with the tumor.

6. When Herriot goes to the lecture with Granville Bennett, what do they miss and what do they arrive just in time for?

7. How does Herriot's attitude about the English farmer change over the course of chapter twenty? Why does it change?

8. What call do Herriot and Helen go on when they leave the Daffodil Ball? What happens there?

9. Explain why Herriot thought it might be a good idea to sedate Penny to cure her gastroenteritis, and where he got that idea.

10. Why does Herriot become upset with Kitson when he goes to deliver some lambs for him?

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