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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Sieve and the Sand Abstract.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Montag hide his books in the bushes behind his house?
(a) To protect Mildred in case he’s caught
(b) To make them easier to snatch when he runs away in the middle of the night
(c) Because he no longer trusts Mildred
(d) To protect them in case his house is burned down

2. How does the mechanical firedog react when it senses an enemy?
(a) It growls and barks
(b) It shakes
(c) It whimpers
(d) It beeps

3. What does Faber believe television has done to Jesus' image?
(a) Preserved it as holy
(b) Turned it into a parlor act
(c) Made it political
(d) Deadened it

4. What takes up three full walls in the Montag's living room?
(a) Pictures
(b) Mirrors
(c) The television
(d) An abstract painting

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faber ask Montag to do on his way home from their first meeting?

2. On Montag’s first day back at work, what does Beatty try to convince him to do?

3. What does Montag use to start the fire in the attic book owner’s home?

4. What shocks Montag when he first observes Clarisse's family?

5. What does Montag dread doing with the book he’s taken a special interest in?

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