Lassie Final Review Flashcards

1
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attractive or tempting

A

alluring

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2
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easy-going, friendly

A

affably

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3
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to withdraw from a habit

A

wean

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4
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not clear

A

vague

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5
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unlucky

A

vague

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6
Q

firmly fixed in someone’s mind

A

ingrained

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7
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to grow or survive heartily

A

thrive

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8
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a regular pattern of movement

A

rhythm

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9
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behavior that tries to deceive

A

pretence

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10
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becoming infected

A

festering

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11
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gray; depressing

A

bleak

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12
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beaten or knocked down

A

bludgeoned

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13
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the leaves of a plant; leafage

A

foliage

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14
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great amounts

A

torrents

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15
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an animal that is hunted

A

quarry

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16
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a dead end

A

impasse

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17
Q

night watch

A

vigil

18
Q

a truce or agreement to stop fighting

A

armistice

19
Q

rises of ground, high places

A

eminences

20
Q

protective waterproof covering

A

tarpaulin

21
Q

the traveling pedlar of pots

A

Rowlie

22
Q

the father of the Carraclough family and Lassie’s owner

A

Sam

23
Q

The Scottish man who houses the painter on his visits

A

McBane

24
Q

The largest county in England where Joe and his family live

A

Yorkshire

25
Q

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

A

1,000 miles

26
Q

The assistant dogcatcher

A

Donnell

27
Q

the landmarks that may be seen by train on the way to the Duke’s estate in Scotland

A

the North Sea, Tweed River, industrial towns, and heatherland

28
Q

the elderly man who is Dally’s husband

A

Dan

29
Q

the woman who reprimands the dogcatchers

A

Ethelda

30
Q

The two robbers

A

Snickers and Buckles

31
Q

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

A

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

32
Q

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

A

command Lassie to stay

33
Q

One virtue Sam puts above money and Lassie is ___, and it’s proved by him sticking to his deal with Duke and not trying to take Lassie back.

A

honesty

34
Q

How does Priscilla help Lassie?

A

she remembers how hard it had been for the boy to give Lassie up, and she feels compassion for him

35
Q

What is the “sensible law of nature” that Lassie acquires the fifth day?

A

the instinct to hunt food when necessary, in order to survive

36
Q

How does Lassie show her pure breeding when she fights Jock and Andrew’s dogs?

A

by not giving up, fighting with perseverance, and standing her ground

37
Q

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

A

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

38
Q

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

A

Lassie wants them so much

39
Q

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

A

offer Sam the job as kennelman

40
Q

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

A

Lassie is home again and has brought them luck