The Sieve and the Sand Part 1

As Montag reads the words of famous authors, of whom is he reminded?

• His dad

• Beatty

• Clarisse

• Benjamin Franklin

Why doesn't the doorbell sound when someone approaches the door while Montag is reading?

• It was deactivated by the Mechanical Hound

• Montag shut it off

• Beatty broke it when he left Montag's house

• Mildred forgot to turn it back on

How does Mildred become willingly distracted from Montag and his books?

• Her friend calls her to talk about a parlor show.

• She starts to sing her favorite song from an old parlor show.

• She identifies a poem that reminds her of when she was a girl.

• She goes for a drive in the car.

Why does Montag suddenly remember meetina man named Faber in the park?

• because Mildred says something that reminds him of the man

• because a line of a poem reminds him of the man

• because he finds his contact information

• because he needs a teacher

How does Montag feel when ge gets on the subway?

• scared

• numb

• passionate

• defeated

To what does Montag compare himself and the words he reads in the bible?

• a fool and a book

• a hearth and salamander

• a sieve and sand

• old friends who were never meant to meet again

What in the subway distracts Montag from his memorization of the Bible?

• a little mouse that runs under his feet

• a woman crying softly in the corner of the train

• the ads playing over the speakers

• the memory of a book

Why does Faber say that Montag is brave?

• because Montag stole and kept the Bible

• because Montag came to his house

• because Montag called him up

• because Montag skipped out on going to work

What joking plan of Faber's does Montag take seriously?

• delivering books through an underground network

• burning down the firehouse

• stealing books from Beatty's personal collection

• printing extra books and hiding them in the houses of firemen

How does Montag get Faber to agree to teach him?

• He begins ripping pages out of the Bible.

• He threatens to call Beatty.

• He tells him the moving story of how he met Clarisse.

• He starts to leave and says he will never return.