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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 profession does Mr. Ronald Beresford have?

2. What is erecting eight sheaves of corn without them falling down called?

3. What is the name of the student who goes with James on his rounds?

4. What phrase makes Herriot's blood freeze when he sees it in Miss Harbottle's handwriting?

5. What kind of bullock does Herriot treat in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the little stray dog that James and Siegfried observe begging in the marketplace?

2. What does James remember from his childhood about how he spent every weekend from Easter to October?

3. Who is Roddy Travers?

4. Describe Len Hampson and the situation with his pig.

5. Why is does Tristan have to stay home all evening at Skeldale house?

6. When James is grounded in the R.A.F. what job do they give him?

7. What's the name of Roddy's dog and what kind of emergency surgery does James perform on him?

8. Describe the awful night that James was called out to treat a calf with a stomach upset while he's fighting off a cold.

9. Describe James' visit to the Blackburn cow farm.

10. What is James' relationship with the Ministry of Agriculture?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Who is Shep and how does he plague James? What does James do to get his revenge?

2) Describe James's reaction upon seeing his newborn son. What does he do and say that are funny to Helen and Nurse Brown?

3) Tell the story of old Albert Close and his dog Mick. Describe them both. What happens to Mick? What part does James play? What part do the men who frequent the Fox and Hounds play?

Choose two of the topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Who was Mr. Barge? Describe him and what he did.

2) What is Soothitt? What is it supposed to do? What does it actually do in the book?

3) How is the farrowing pig finally calmed down? What does the dog, Coco, do that drives his owner crazy?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) Who is Mr. Mount? Describe him. Why is Tristan eager to please him? What is the impression Tristan makes on Mr. Mount? Why?

2) Tell the story of the two dogs, Jingo and Skipper. What breeds are they? What is their relationship to one another? What happens?

3) Describe the Birtwhistle family and their odd behavior.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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