Fahrenheit - The Sieve and the Sand Test

What is Montag trying to memorize on the subway?

• "Self-Reliance"

• Bible verses

• "Declaration of Independence"

• directions to Faber's house

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What continues to play on the subway speakers and distracts Montag from memorizing?

• Campbell's soup advertisement

• a children's song called "Ring Around the Rosie"

• Denham's Dentrifice advertisement

• a baseball game

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CCSS.RL.8.1

What word does Faber call himself?

• a sage

• a coward

• a lover

• a fighter

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following is NOT something Faber says society needs regarding books?

• quality of information

• rights to act on what is read

• leisure time to absorb information

• tutors to help people understand information

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When Faber refuses to help Montag, what does Montag do?

• Holds a knife to his throat

• Starts ripping out pages from a Bible.

• Lights a match to burn Faber's house.

• Picks up a phone to call in an alarm on Faber.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What excuse does MIldred give to her friends for Montag having a book in their house?

• Firemen get to bring one book home a year to show how foolish books are.

• Firemen are allowed to have books, but the general public are not.

• Montag is using it to replace firewood since firewood is so expensive.

• Montag found it on his way home and will turn it over to the firehouse tomorrow.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The following quote is an example of what literary device?
"Here comes a very strange beast, which in all toungues is called a fool"

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• onomaptopeis

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Each of the following show how cold and impersonal Mildred's friends are EXCEPT:

• 'I plunk the children in school nine days out of ten. I put up with them when they come home three days a month."
• "I've had two children by Caesarian section. No use going through all that agony for a baby!"
• "Mrs. Phelps was crying. She sobbed uncontrollably."
• "He said, if I get killed off, you just go right ahead and don't cry, but get married again, and don't think of me."

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.9A

In Part II, we learn that the country is preparing for

• a new president

• an election

• Christmas

• war

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Why does Montag reach out to Faber in the first place?

• He is Clarisse's uncle.

• He wants to turn someone in.

• He wants someone to teach him how to interpret what he reads.

• He knows Faber will help him get away from Beatty.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3