Lassie Chapters 1-6

Question 1

to grow or survive heartily

Answer 1

thrive

Question 2

facial hair above the upper lip

Answer 2

moustache

Question 3

troubling, horrible

Answer 3

dire

Question 4

comfortable and expensive

Answer 4

luxurious

Question 5

with great focus

Answer 5

intently

Question 6

usual

Answer 6

accustomed

Question 7

firmly fixed in someone’s mind

Answer 7

ingrained

Question 8

high-pitched

Answer 8

shrill

Question 9

to become less severe; to slacken

Answer 9

relent

Question 10

not clear

Answer 10

vague

Question 11

gray; depressing

Answer 11

bleak

Question 12

dressed

Answer 12

clad

Question 13

beaten or knocked down

Answer 13

bludgeoned

Question 14

flowed fast in large amounts

Answer 14

cascaded

Question 15

the leaves of a plant; leafage

Answer 15

foliage

Question 16

the father of the Carraclough family and Lassie’s owner

Answer 16

Sam

Question 17

The main character other than Lassie

Answer 17

Joe

Question 18

A wealthy landowner who lives nearby and wants to buy Lassie

Answer 18

the Duke of Rudling

Question 19

The largest county in England where Joe and his family live

Answer 19

Yorkshire

Question 20

The fooolish kennelman

Answer 20

Hynes

Question 21

It is ironic that the village miners are followed by their collies because collies represent wealth, but the miners are ___.

Answer 21

poor

Question 22

Why does Lassie not keep her appointment with Joe as she always has before?

Answer 22

Sam sold her to the Duke of Rudling

Question 23

The Duke is reputed to be the worst- ___ man in all of Yorkshire.

Answer 23

tempered

Question 24

How does Joe try to persuade his parents to let Lassie stay?

Answer 24

saying Lassie is homesick, glad to see them, and looks a bit poorly and thin

Question 25

Their solution to stop Lassie from escaping is for Joe to go with Sam to the Duke’s kennels and do what?

Answer 25

command Lassie to stay