1) What is the setting of the story? 2) What do we learn about Dave's family at the beginning of the story? Name 3 facts. 3) Why did Prof. Herbert punish Dave? 4) What was Dave's punishment? 5) Why was Dave's punishment different from the other boys' punishment? 6) What was Dave worried about when Prof. Herbert told him to stay after school? 7) What was Pa doing when Dave got home? 8) Why did Pa take his gun to school? 9) What was Pa's reaction to Dave being late? 10) What were Pa's reasons for going to school in the morning? 11) Why was Dave "shaking like a leaf" in Prof. Herbert's office? 12) What did Prof. Herbert suggest to Dave's father? Why? 13) How did Pa spend the day at the high school? Name 3 things he did there. 14) What made the students change their opinion about Dave's father? 15) Why didn't the other boys have to stay after school? 16) What did Pa do at the end of the school day? 17) What does Pa understand at the end of the school day? 18) What advice does Pa give Dave at the end of the story? 19) Why did Dave want a quicker punishment? 20) What does Dave learn from his father. Name 2 things. 21) What was Dave worried about the night before he and Pa went to school?

The Split Cherry Tree - LOTS

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