Chapters 13-17

Question 1

The assistant dogcatcher

Answer 1

Donnell

Question 2

mercury; a silver-colored liquid metal

Answer 2

quicksilver

Question 3

The woman who reprimands the dogcathcers

Answer 3

Ethelda

Question 4

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

Answer 4

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

Question 5

becoming infected

Answer 5

festering

Question 6

easy-going, friendly

Answer 6

affably

Question 7

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

Answer 7

fighting with perseverance

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Jock

Question 9

a truce or agreement to stop fighting

Answer 9

armistice

Question 10

The senior ranking dogcatcher

Answer 10

Fergusson

Question 11

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

Answer 11

slamming into a rock in the river

Question 12

the inability to move

Answer 12

immobility

Question 13

greedy, like a predator for food

Answer 13

ravening

Question 14

crafty, clever

Answer 14

canny

Question 15

rises of ground, high places

Answer 15

eminences

Question 16

evasion

Answer 16

equivocation

Question 17

Who did the Faddens bear the loss of?

Answer 17

their son who was killed in WWI

Question 18

money paid to retired persons

Answer 18

pension

Question 19

night watch

Answer 19

vigil

Question 20

The elderly man who is Dally’s husband

Answer 20

Dan

Question 21

dull yellowish-brown color

Answer 21

tawny