Chapters 13-18 Flashcards
The elderly man who is Dally’s husband
Dan
a truce or agreement to stop fighting
armistice
The senior ranking dogcatcher
Fergusson
How does Lassie shows her pure breeding when she fights Jock and Andrew’s dog
fighting with perseverance
crafty, clever
canny
to withdraw from a habit
wean
becoming infected
festering
Lassie’s stay at the Faddens’ is like a person staying where
hospital or wayside inn
The woman who reprimands the dogcathcers
Ethelda
named
christened
night watch
vigil
in a way that comforts someone sad
consolingly
dull yellowish-brown color
tawny
Who did the Faddens bear the loss of?
their son who was killed in WWI
rises of ground, high places
eminences
greedy, like a predator for food
ravening
Why is Lassie’s final escape from the dogcatchers amazing?
she jumps from a high window, which could have killed her
The assistant dogcatcher
Donnell
easy-going, friendly
affably
mercury; a silver-colored liquid metal
quicksilver
the inability to move
immobility
The Scottish man who is part of the Black Watch and refuses to shoot Lassie
Jock
evasion
equivocation
Besides the festering thorn, what else is Lassie injured by?
slamming into a rock in the river
money paid to retired persons
pension
