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

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.

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.

What suspenseful event happens at the end of this section of the novel (the very last line)?

The fire truck arrives at Montag's house.

Montag admits to Beatty that he has lots of books in his home.

Montag turns in an alarm on Faber.

Montag clips the wires to the firehouse alarm system, and Beatty sees him do it.

When they first begin to read the books, Mildred...

Is uninterested and confused by the books.

Immediately agrees with Montag that the books are important.

Runs away and tells the authorities what Montag has done.

Does not care that Montag has begun to read the books.

Why does Montag reach out to Faber the first time?

Montag is confused by the books he stole, and he needs a teacher.

Since Clarisse died, Montag needs a friend to talk to.

Faber is an English Professor, and Montag wants to learn how to become a Professor as well.

Montag finds the phone number Faber gave him and is curious if he is still alive.

What is the significance of the sieve and the sand?

It is a metaphor for knowledge and Montag's want of it.

It shows the slow passing of time in the world.

It is a metaphor for Mildred's feelings toward Montag.

It shows how powerful the words of books can be.

Captain Beatty says, “A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Breach man’s mind. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?” (58). This extended metaphor implies that:

Books do more harm than good; they give people ideas, which make them dangerous.

Books help humans to expand their minds and reach their full potential.

Without books, mankind is lost.

Books influence people to engage in crime.

How do the firemen know which houses have books in them?

Neighbors, family members, and friends become informants and tell the authorities

The books all have bar codes on the back cover; these can be read for up to one mile

The Mechanical Hound is programmed to smell them out

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

"Mrs. Phelps was crying. She sobbed uncontrollably."

'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!"

"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."

When Faber tried to get Montag to leave, Montag asks Faber if he would like to own the Bible. Faber says, "I'd give my right arm." What does Montag do then?

He begins tearing out the pages of the Bible.

He takes the book and walks out the door.

What did Montag use the "Seashell Radio" for?

to listen to what was going on at the fire station

Where did Montag initially meet Faber?

When the fireman burned Faber's house

they knew each other from childhood.

What does Montag hear a persistent advertisement for while riding the train?

Mildred’s favorite soap opera

Fahrenheit 451- The Sieve and the Sand

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English

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7th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Easy

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CCSS

RI.11-12.9, RL.5.3, RL.9-10.1

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Melissa Capiro

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30 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What had Faber's profession been?

lawyer

fireman

English professor

spy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What problem does Montag face regarding which book to turn into Beatty?

Montag isn't sure if Beatty knows which book Montag has.

Mildred mixed the books up, so he isn't sure which one he took from the lady's house.

Montag thinks Beatty will set the mechanical hound to Montag even if he returns a book.

Montag cannot face Beatty and the other firemen knowing his feelings now about books.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is Montag trying to memorize on the subway?

"Self-Reliance"

Bible verses

"Declaration of Independence"

directions to Faber's house

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What word does Faber call himself?

a sage

a coward

a lover

a fighter

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What plan do Faber and Montag devise regarding the fireman?

Plant books in firemen's homes and call in an alarm on them.

Burn the firehouses down.

Destroy all the files of future investigations of those suspected of having books.

Rewire the alarms, so when someone calls in an alarm, it will go to Faber's house instead of the fire department.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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What problem does Montag face regarding which book to turn into Beatty?

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

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

What plan do Faber and Montag devise regarding the fireman?

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

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