Chapters 1-4

Question 1

The largest county in england where Joe and his family live:

Answer 1

Yorkshire

Question 2

troubling, horrible

Answer 2

dire

Question 3

dressed

Answer 3

clad

Question 4

gray; depressing

Answer 4

bleak

Question 5

The fooolish kennelman

Answer 5

Hynes

Question 6

A wealthy landowner who lives nearby and wants to buy Lassie

Answer 6

the Duke of Rudling

Question 7

The father of the Carraclough family and Lassie’s owner:

Answer 7

Sam

Question 8

How does Joe try to persuade his parents to let Lassie stay?

Answer 8

saying Lassie is homesick, glad to see them, and looks a bit poorly and thin

Question 9

It is ironic that the village miners are followed by their collies because collies represent wealth, but the miners are _______.

Answer 9

poor

Question 10

with great focus

Answer 10

intently

Question 11

The Duke is reputed to be the worst- ___ man in all of Yorkshire.

Answer 11

tempered

Question 12

comfortable and expensive

Answer 12

luxurious

Question 13

not clear

Answer 13

vague

Question 14

The main character other than Lassie

Answer 14

Joe

Question 15

Why does Lassie not keep her appointment with Joe as she always has before?

Answer 15

Sam sold her to the Duke of Rudling

Question 16

to grow and survive heartily

Answer 16

thrive

Question 17

facial hair above the upper lip

Answer 17

moustache

Question 18

firmly fixed in someone’s mind

Answer 18

ingrained

Question 19

high-pitched

Answer 19

shrill

Question 20

beaten or knocked down

Answer 20

bludgeoned