The Market Square Dog by James Herriot

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The Market Square DogbyJames Herriot

• Review

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1. What is first-person point of view?

• The narrator is a character in the story.

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2. What is third-person point of view?

• The narrator is outside of the story.

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3. From what point of view is The Market
Square Dog told from?

• first-person point of view

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4. Who narrates or tells the story?

• James Herriot, the author and veterinarian

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5. What two things must you combine in order
to make a prediction?

• You must combine clues from the story and what
  you know.

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6. What is the dog doing in the market?

• The dog is sitting up, begging for food.

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7. What breed of dog is The Market Square
Dog?

• He is a cross-bred of a sheepdog and a terrier.

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8. Why cant the policeman catch the dog at
the beginning of the story?

• The dog wont let the policeman get close to him.
  He runs away from people. The dog may be
  frightened because of past abuse.

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9. Why does the policeman bring the dog to
the narrators house?

• He realizes that the dog may die without the
  veterinarians help.

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10. How does the veterinarian help the dog?

• He fixes the dogs broken leg and stitches his
  wounds.

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11. Why does the veterinarian visit the
kennels at the police station?

• He has become fond of the dog and hopes that the
  animal will recover.

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12. How are the policeman and the
veterinarian alike?

• They both have an interest in dogs and concern
  for them.

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13. How does the policeman explain the
dogs absence in the kennel?

• The policeman tells the veterinarian that the dog
  has been arrested for begging. The policeman is
  playing a joke on the veterinarian.

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14. How does the dogs behavior change by
the end of the story?

• The dog has learned to trust people because
  people have helped him and shown him love.

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15. What happens to the dog at the end of
the story?

• The policeman adopts the dog as a pet for his two
  daughters.

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16. Define trotted.

• ran in a graceful, light way

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17. Define anxiously.

• in a worried or uneasy way

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18. Define custody.

• protection or supervision

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The End