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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what do Montag and Faber devise a plan during their first meeting?
(a) Finding Clarisse
(b) Creating a library
(c) Montag's education
(d) Escaping their society

2. What does Faber ask Montag to do on his way home from their first meeting?
(a) Spy on the firehouse
(b) Write out a plan for reproducing books
(c) Get some rest for the fight ahead
(d) Withdraw money from his bank account

3. For what does Faber feel partially responsible?
(a) Clarisse’s death
(b) Montag's discontent
(c) The elderly woman’s death
(d) How far the book burning has gone

4. What did a cousin once bet Montag a dime he couldn’t do?
(a) Fill a sieve with sand
(b) Walk across fire
(c) Push a rock up a hill
(d) Swallow a sword

5. How does Montag explain his disillusionment with society?
(a) He said the elderly woman made his appreciate life for the first time
(b) He says that the impending war has caused him to question government
(c) He says it feels as if something is missing
(d) He says the words of great philosophers before him have infiltrated his mind

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Captain Beatty fit into Montag and Faber’s secret plan?

2. Where is Mrs. Phelps' husband?

3. How does Beatty treat the stolen book Montag returns?

4. How does Faber react to Montag’s decision to read the poem aloud?

5. According to Faber, what don’t people need to be happy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mildred do when the fire trucks arrive at her house in the beginning of Section Three?

2. What information was used to turn Montag in to the authorities, and where did it come from?

3. Where does Montag hide the illegal books after revealing them to Mildred, and why?

4. How does Faber react to the news that firemen are at Montag’s home?

5. As Montag reads through the illegal books, what sound adds urgency to his search?

6. Why does Faber consider himself a coward?

7. On the phone, how does Faber react to Montag’s request about the books?

8. What is the meaning behind Section Two’s title, “The Sand and the Sieve”?

9. What does Faber feel is an inevitable truth, and how does his belief affect Montag’s plan?

10. What sound startles Montag and Mildred as they leaf through the illegal books, and how do they react?

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