Chapters 19-22

Question 1

merchandise; products for sale

Answer 1

wares

Question 2

behavior that tries to deceive

Answer 2

pretence

Question 3

very thin

Answer 3

emaciated

Question 4

protective waterproof covering

Answer 4

tarpaulin

Question 5

unlucky

Answer 5

hapless

Question 6

basic or essential

Answer 6

elemental

Question 7

the body’s ability to keep healthy

Answer 7

constitution

Question 8

sang or murmured gently

Answer 8

crooned

Question 9

As Rowlie arrives home, what is Lassie facing?

Answer 9

She is trying to cross a high moor in heavy snowfall and is exhuasted

Question 10

the traveling pedlar of pots

Answer 10

Rowlie

Question 11

It is ironic that the Carracloughs assume the Duke has come to get Lassie because he has to come to do what?

Answer 11

offer Sam the job as kennelman

Question 12

the brother who stays home making pots

Answer 12

Mark

Question 13

long angry speech

Answer 13

tirade

Question 14

According to Joe, what has caused everything to e just like old times again?

Answer 14

Lassie is home again and has brought them luck.

Question 15

bigger of the two robbers

Answer 15

Buckles

Question 16

denied knowing about something

Answer 16

disclaimed

Question 17

puzzled or confused

Answer 17

perplexed

Question 18

a covering or wrapping

Answer 18

swathe

Question 19

to believe something to be true

Answer 19

presume

Question 20

Joe’s reason for convincing his father to lie to the Duke is not that he wants Lassie so much, but that what?

Answer 20

Lassie wants them so much

Question 21

smaller of the two robbers

Answer 21

Snickers

Question 22

Why does Lassie turn down the liver Rowlie drops?

Answer 22

she has been trained not to eat stray food

Question 23

with spirit and enthusiasm

Answer 23

lustily

Question 24

being hidden; secrecy; privacy

Answer 24

concealment

Question 25

the distance from the Duke’s estate to Yorkshire for a dog

Answer 25

1,000 miles