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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 Derrick's animal eat?

2. What did Herriot say Brandy was full of?

3. What was Mrs. Livingston's occupation?

4. What caused the first ailments of Walt Barnett's animal?

5. What kind of animal did Herriot look after on his second trip in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Herriot tried to talk about Gearge Bernard Shaw with a farmer?

2. Why was Herriot so relieved to land in Istanbul?

3. What caused Brandy to lose his vivacious nature?

4. Why did the semen collection not work the first time for Tristan?

5. Who did Herriot think will miss him the most when he left the ship and why?

6. Why did the ship stop in Poland?

7. What did Herriot say Jack Scott did for all of his animals?

8. Why was Herriot not able to make a good phone call while in Istanbul?

9. What happened to Rip?

10. How did Herriot's friend feel about Herriot's job at the beginning of his day de-horning bulls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Herriot not want his daughter to become a veterinarian like himself, and what did he do to change her mind when she said that was her chosen career field?

Essay Topic 2

How did Walt change Herriot's opinion of him, and what did this say about his feelings towards his animal?

Essay Topic 3

Tristan was a minor person in this story whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence- however brief, altered Herriot's life? What would have happened differently if Tristan had not been in Herriot's life at all?

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