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