The Sieve and The Sand – Study Questions
Directions: Please answer the following questions in Google Docs. Your responses are due on Wednesday, 12/7/16 by 3 pm.
1. As Guy and Mildred read the books, what is Mildred doing, and why?
2. What does Mildred say about why the television is better than books? What does she mean? Do you agree with her? Why or why not? What is the essential difference between books and television?
2. Why do you think Faber gave Montag his name and phone number?
3. How do you think Montag would respond to Mildred’s question about which is more
important—her, or Montag’s books?
4. What is the message of the passage that Guy is reading aloud from a book?
5. To whom does Guy connect this idea?
6. What does Guy say about wealth and poverty, and their nation and the world?
7. What do you think is the meaning of the title of Part Two (“The Sieve and the Sand”)?
8. Why does Montag visit Faber?
9. What does Montag mean when he tells Faber that his wife is dying?
10. What three things does Faber say are missing from their society? Explain the importance of
these things.
11. What has Faber invented, and why is it important?
12. What disturbing things do the women in Montag’s parlor say to each other?
13. Why does Montag start reading poetry to the women? How do they react, and why?
14. What does Beatty say to Montag after he shows up at the firehouse? What is he trying to do? What does he know about Montag that gives him an advantage?
15. Why do you think Faber trusted a fireman to know his home address, when that fireman clearly knows he has an illegal book hidden in his coat right at that moment, and can quote poetry? In their brief interaction, what might have led Faber to believe he could trust Guy with that information?
16. Why does Guy call Faber on a secondary phone instead of on the main phone line?
17. What odd questions does Guy ask Faber over the phone?
18. After Mildred tells Guy that the ladies are coming over, what does Guy say to Mildred about one of the books he has, and what is her immediate response?
19. When Guy tells Mildred that the Bible he has may be the last one left in this part of the world, what does she remind him about?
20. What does Guy tell Mildred about what Beatty knows and what he does not know? What moral dilemma does this create for Guy?
21. Why is Guy nervous about turning in just one particular book to Beatty?
22. What does Guy visualize will happen when he brings a book to Beatty?
23. What does Guy think is the only thing left for him to do?
24. What does Mildred’s last comment to Guy before he leaves the house tell us about her character?
25. What mean trick had a cruel cousin of his played on Guy when he was a child, and why does Guy mentally compare that memory to what he’s trying to accomplish on the suction train before he gets to the firehouse and Captain Beatty?
The Sieve and The Sand - Vocabulary Words
Directions: Please define the following words in Google Docs.
Your responses are due on Monday, 12/5/16 by 7:55 am on index cards.
peer (the verb form of the word)
subside
sieve
strew
insidious
treason
linguist
accord
disperse
filigree
invigorate
manifest
cite
verbiage
rebut
beatific
tyranny
vantage
displace
halt
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