Chapters 13-16

Question 1

becoming infected

Answer 1

festering

Question 2

a truce or agreement to stop fighting

Answer 2

armistice

Question 3

The woman who reprimands the dogcathcers

Answer 3

Ethelda

Question 4

night watch

Answer 4

vigil

Question 5

dull yellowish-brown color

Answer 5

tawny

Question 6

The senior ranking dogcatcher

Answer 6

Fergusson

Question 7

easy-going, friendly

Answer 7

affably

Question 8

The Scottish man who is part of the Black Watch and refuses to shoot Lassie

Answer 8

Jock

Question 9

rises of ground, high places

Answer 9

eminences

Question 10

mercury; a silver-colored liquid metal

Answer 10

quicksilver

Question 11

Besides the festering thorn, what else is Lassie injured by?

Answer 11

slamming into a rock in the river

Question 12

evasion

Answer 12

equivocation

Question 13

The assistant dogcatcher

Answer 13

Donnell

Question 14

Why is Lassie’s final escape from the dogcatchers amazing?

Answer 14

she jumps from a high window, which could have killed her

Question 15

How does Lassie shows her pure breeding when she fights Jock and Andrew’s dog

Answer 15

fighting with perseverance

Question 16

the inability to move

Answer 16

immobility

Question 17

greedy, like a predator for food

Answer 17

ravening

Question 18

crafty, clever

Answer 18

canny