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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Burning Bright Abstract.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Faber want to follow the railroad tracks during their escape?
(a) Because the firemen have no jurisdiction there
(b) Because it’s where all the fugitives meet on the run
(c) Because it’s the fastest way out of town
(d) Because the sound of the trains will muffle the sounds of their footsteps.

2. What aspect of Mildred’s personality does Montag most resent?
(a) Her obsession
(b) Her coldness
(c) Her jealousy
(d) Her religious fervor

3. Which of the following characters goes missing, greatly worrying Montag?
(a) Mildred
(b) Clarisse
(c) Captain Beatty
(d) Black

4. Who is Mildred entertaining when Montag comes home from Faber’s?
(a) Captain Beatty
(b) The next-door neighbor
(c) Her girlfriends
(d) Clarisse

5. Why do the fugitives head back towards the city?
(a) To search for survivors
(b) To turn themselves in
(c) To add their own fires to those already burning
(d) To search for books

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mildred doing when Montag returns home from Faber’s house?

2. Where is Mrs. Phelps' husband?

3. What has changed about Montag’s life since the character went missing?

4. What passes overhead that makes Montag feel urgency about his mission to understand?

5. Whose death does Montag try to imagine after the bombing?

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