The rules are simple
WELCOME TO TRASHBALL!
RULES
 There
are three teams
 Each team will have one member
compete at a time, (ONLY ONE!) so keep
your traps shut!
 If you are caught talking while others are
working on their problem, your team will
lose points.
RULES
 Each
competitor is given a white board
and a marker
 You will have 60 seconds to read the
question and write your answer on the
white board
 Do not show your answer until I tell you
 Remember to keep your answer hidden
from the other team
RULES
 If
you answer the question correctly
you get one point automatically
 You also get to shoot the ball into the
trashcan for an extra point
 Bounces are fair when shooting
 The team with the most points at the
end will be the winner
THE WINNERS!
 The
winning team will win something
super sweet!
QUESTION
Today we are playing to study for our Fahrenheit
451 test.
Here’s how it works
 I am going to show you a slide, you are going to
write your answer(spelled correctly) on the
board.

LETS BEGIN
Play Ball!
QUESTION

What is Montag’s job?
ANSWER

Fireman
QUESTION

How is the literature being saved?
ANSWER

The hobos are memorizing the books
QUESTION

What does Montag smell of? He says it smells
like perfume.
ANSWER

Kerosene
QUESTION

What is it about the woman’s death that
bothers Montag the most?
ANSWERS

There must be a reason she gave her life for
the books.
QUESTION

Montag plants books in his house?
ANSWER

Fireman Black
QUESTION

What does Beatty say took the place of books
in society?
ANSWER

TV, sports, violence, etc.
QUESTION

When Montag tells his wife about her near
suicide, she?
ANSWER

Doesn’t believe him.
QUESTION

From which point-of-view is the novel written?
ANSWERS

Third person limited and omniscient
QUESTION

What kind of society has Granger and others
created?
ANSWER

A society of intellectual hobos.
QUESTION

How did society end?
ANSWER

A bomb and ashes
QUESTION

What are the Seashells?
ANSWERS

One way or Two-way radios (Faber’s special
seashell.
QUESTION

What is the official slogan of the firemen?
ANSWER

“Burn em’ to ashes, then burn the ashes.”
QUESTION

Where did Mildred and Montag meet?
ANSWER

Chicago
QUESTION
Why is Beatty himself a contradiction?
ANSWER

He says not to read, yet he reads
QUESTION

What did each of the Hobos introduce
themselves as?
ANSWER

Authors of very famous books
QUESTION

What two elements did Faber feel were missing
from life?
ANSWER

Quality information and the leisure to digest it
QUESTION

How did the firemen know which houses had
books?
ANSWER

Neighbors
QUESTION

Who gave Clarisse most of her information
about the way life used to be?
ANSWER

Her uncle
QUESTION

What are parlor-walls?
ANSWER

TV
QUESTION

Why did Emergency Hospital send technicians
instead of doctors to treat Mildred?
ANSWER

It happened so often
QUESTION

Faber considers himself a
ANSWER

Coward
QUESTION

What did the people in Montag’s time do for
fun?
ANSWER

Violence
QUESTION

Montag’s contribution to Granger’s group is
ANSWER

Part of Ecclesiastes
QUESTION

What is the minimum speed limit on the
highway?
ANSWER

55 MPH
QUESTION

Which of the following Shakespeare tragedies
does Beatty quote immediately before his
death?
ANSWER

Julius Caesar