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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 the inspector find in an old shed?

2. What phrase does Mrs Donovan repeat to Herriot for years?

3. What does Herriot purchase in the auction house?

4. What happens when Herriot injects the cow?

5. What was the challenge measuring ponies at the Darrowby show?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Granville Bennett.

2. Explain the solution Herriot finds for Mr. Pickersgill and his cow.

3. How does a cap play into the story of Mr. Crump and the Bamfords?

4. Describe Herriot's visit to the Ingledew farm in chapter one.

5. Describe how the calving goes at the Bamfords.

6. Describe who Roy is and the state he is in when the inspector takes Herriot to him.

7. Describe what happens when Herriot treats the cow at the Darrowby show. What is wrong with the cow? What happens to Herriot while he treats it?

8. What is the Darrowby show that Herriot goes to officiate at?

9. Why did Cliff Tyreman have such fondness for Badger?

10. What was the experience of the stomach operation on Monty like for Herriot? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The series of books by James Herriot are titled after and Anglican hymn called "All Things Bright and Beautiful."

Part 1. Provide a brief biography of Cecil Frances Alexander and her religious works.

Part 2. Discuss verse 3 and why it is not currently included in the hymn. What social structure did Cecil Frances Alexander belong to that would inspire such a verse?

Part 3. What are the possible sources of inspiration for the hymn? What do you think is likely?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about brucellosis.

Part 1. What is the history of our understanding of brucellosis? What are some of the names it picked up along the way and why?

Part 2.What is brucellosis and how does it affect people or animals?

Part 3. What are the steps to prevent or cure brucellosis?

Essay Topic 3

In All Things Bright and Beautiful we hear about the draft horse being replaced by a tractor and see a vision of agricultural business as it was in the early 1900s. Farming has changed significantly in more ways than just the tractor since then.

Part 1. What are some of the major changes that agriculture has undergone over the last century?

Part 2. What are the effects of these changes? Include a discussion of social and economic effects as well as the effects on the land and the goods produced.

Part 3. Has there been a change in the trends in agriculture over the last decade? What are they and what direction are they headed?

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