Split Cherry Tree

by Jesse Stuart

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Split Cherry Tree Questions and Answers

What is the time and place of the story "Split Cherry Tree" by Jesse Stuart?

What is the message of "Split Cherry Tree"?

Who are the characters in "Split Cherry Tree"?

What is Dave's conflict in "The Split Cherry Tree"?

Describe Pa's character in "Split Cherry Tree."

Compare Dave's relationship with Professor Herbert and Pa in "Split Cherry Tree".

How does Dave show growth at the end of "Split Cherry Tree"?

What is the irony in Jesse Stuart's short story, "The Split Cherry Tree"?

How are Luster Sexton and Professor Herbert compared in Split Cherry Tree?

Who are the protagonist and antagonist in the Split Cherry Tree?

Why does Professor Herbert let Dave go without paying his debt in "Split Cherry Tree"?

What is the rising action in "Split Cherry Tree"?

Contrast the two settings in "Split Cherry Tree."

How does Jesse Stuart's belief about education enhance your understanding of "The Split Cherry Tree"?

What self-realization does Dave have in "Split Cherry Tree"?

What do Pa and Professor Herbert's dialogues reveal about their characters in "Split Cherry Tree"?

What lessons does Pa learn from his school day in "Split Cherry Tree"?

In "Split Cherry Tree," what does Pa mean when he describes himself as "a dead leaf"?

What does the idiom “I was shaking like a leaf in the wind” mean in "The Split Cherry Tree"?

Explain the following quotation from Split Cherry Tree: "Make a gentleman out'n one boy in th' family and this is what you get! Send you to high school and you get too onery fer th' buzzards to smell!"

Why isn't Dave ashamed of Pa entering the classroom in "Split Cherry Tree"?

What offended Luster Sexton about Dave's punishment in "Split Cherry Tree"?

How does Pa's attitude towards Professor Herbert change in "Split Cherry Tree"? Why does the professor invite him to school?

How does Luster educate Dave about his future in "Split Cherry Tree"?

What are Pa's feelings about Dave's school at the end of "Split Cherry Tree"?

How does Professor Herbert defend his field trip decision and Dave's punishment in "Split Cherry Tree"?

In "Split Cherry Tree", how do Luster's and Professor Herbert's ideas of responsibility compare and contrast?

What lesson is Pa teaching Dave in "Split Cherry Tree" with his advice about honesty and kindness?

In "The Split Cherry Tree", is Pa a good or bad father? Why?

What are two key sentences from "Split Cherry Tree" for understanding the story?

How does the quote about 1930s Kentucky farmers relate to the story "Split Cherry Tree"?

What does Professor Herbert show Pa in the laboratory in "Split Cherry Tree"?

In "Split Cherry Tree," how does a typical day in Dave's home begin?

What changed Pa's opinion about Dave's studies in "Split Cherry Tree"?

Why is Dave late returning home in the short story "Split Cherry Tree"?

Does Pa undergo a deep transformation in Jesse Stuart's "Split Cherry Tree"?

Why was Dave required to stay after school in "Split Cherry Tree"?

How does the societal context of 1920's Kentucky farmers relate to the characters in "Split Cherry Tree"?

How does Jesse Stuart's background and support for "new education" reflect in "Split Cherry Tree"?