Chapters 13-18 Flashcards

1
Q

The elderly man who is Dally’s husband

A

Dan

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2
Q

a truce or agreement to stop fighting

A

armistice

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3
Q

The senior ranking dogcatcher

A

Fergusson

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4
Q

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

A

fighting with perseverance

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5
Q

crafty, clever

A

canny

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6
Q

to withdraw from a habit

A

wean

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7
Q

becoming infected

A

festering

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8
Q

Lassie’s stay at the Faddens’ is like a person staying where

A

hospital or wayside inn

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9
Q

The woman who reprimands the dogcathcers

A

Ethelda

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10
Q

named

A

christened

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11
Q

night watch

A

vigil

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12
Q

in a way that comforts someone sad

A

consolingly

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13
Q

dull yellowish-brown color

A

tawny

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14
Q

Who did the Faddens bear the loss of?

A

their son who was killed in WWI

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15
Q

rises of ground, high places

A

eminences

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16
Q

greedy, like a predator for food

A

ravening

17
Q

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

A

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

18
Q

The assistant dogcatcher

A

Donnell

19
Q

easy-going, friendly

A

affably

20
Q

mercury; a silver-colored liquid metal

A

quicksilver

21
Q

the inability to move

A

immobility

22
Q

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

A

Jock

23
Q

evasion

A

equivocation

24
Q

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

A

slamming into a rock in the river

25
Q

money paid to retired persons

A

pension