Lassie Final Review

Question 1

attractive or tempting

Answer 1

alluring

Question 2

easy-going, friendly

Answer 2

affably

Question 3

to withdraw from a habit

Answer 3

wean

Question 4

not clear

Answer 4

vague

Question 5

unlucky

Answer 5

vague

Question 6

firmly fixed in someone’s mind

Answer 6

ingrained

Question 7

to grow or survive heartily

Answer 7

thrive

Question 8

a regular pattern of movement

Answer 8

rhythm

Question 9

behavior that tries to deceive

Answer 9

pretence

Question 10

becoming infected

Answer 10

festering

Question 11

gray; depressing

Answer 11

bleak

Question 12

beaten or knocked down

Answer 12

bludgeoned

Question 13

the leaves of a plant; leafage

Answer 13

foliage

Question 14

great amounts

Answer 14

torrents

Question 15

an animal that is hunted

Answer 15

quarry

Question 16

a dead end

Answer 16

impasse

Question 17

night watch

Answer 17

vigil

Question 18

a truce or agreement to stop fighting

Answer 18

armistice

Question 19

rises of ground, high places

Answer 19

eminences

Question 20

protective waterproof covering

Answer 20

tarpaulin

Question 21

the traveling pedlar of pots

Answer 21

Rowlie

Question 22

the father of the Carraclough family and Lassie’s owner

Answer 22

Sam

Question 23

The Scottish man who houses the painter on his visits

Answer 23

McBane

Question 24

The largest county in England where Joe and his family live

Answer 24

Yorkshire

Question 25

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

Answer 25

1,000 miles

Question 26

The assistant dogcatcher

Answer 26

Donnell

Question 27

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

Answer 27

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

Question 28

the elderly man who is Dally's husband

Answer 28

Dan

Question 29

the woman who reprimands the dogcatchers

Answer 29

Ethelda

Question 30

The two robbers

Answer 30

Snickers and Buckles

Question 31

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

Answer 31

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

Question 32

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

Answer 32

command Lassie to stay

Question 33

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.

Answer 33

honesty

Question 34

How does Priscilla help Lassie?

Answer 34

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

Question 35

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

Answer 35

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

Question 36

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

Answer 36

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

Question 37

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

Answer 37

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

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Lassie wants them so much

Question 39

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

Answer 39

offer Sam the job as kennelman

Question 40

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

Answer 40

Lassie is home again and has brought them luck