| A | B |
|---|
| Fodder | coarse food for horses, cattle, etc. |
| Withe | a willow twig |
| Plague | cause to suffer from a plague-vex, annoy, bother |
| pillage | rob with violence, plunder |
| Protozoa | members of four classes of microscopic animal-like protists |
| Who are the main characters? | Professor Herbert, Dave Sexton, and Mr. Luster Sexton |
| What is the setting of the story? | in the hills of farm country-high school |
| What is the theme of the Split Cherry Tree? | Fairness |
| What are the old ways vs. the new ways? | Children did not go to high school in the county-subjects taught differently and new ideas-School has changed from old times |
| What is the dialect? | country |
| How many boys were climbing the cherry tree when it broke? | six |
| What were the boys climbing the tree trying to catch? | a lizard |
| What class did Mr. Herbert take to the fields to find animals and plants? | Biology |
| How much did Eif Crabtree charge for breaking his tree? | six dollars |
| What did Dave Sexton do to repay his $1 debt? | He stayed after school to sweep floors, clean chauldboards |
| What did Dave's father bring to the school that frightened Mr. Herbert? | a gun |
| What did Mr. Herbert "show" to Mr. Sexton under the microscope? | germs-from tarter in his teeth |
| What did Mr. Sexton NOT want Professor Herbert to kill? | the black snake |
| Who said,"I'll show 'im it ain't right to keep one boy in and let the rest go scot-free. My boy is good as th'rest ain't he?" | Pa/Mr Sexton-He's mad because Mr. Herbert made Dave stay to pay off his dollar |
| Who said, "He looked lost amoung us. He looked like a leaf-turned brown on the tree among the tree top filled with growing leaves." | Dave-He's saying Pa looks out of place in the high school |
| Why does Dave's father insist that they pay off the debt? | Because they are honest people, they do not skip debts |
