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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. What does Montag think about before he goes to sleep on the night of the accident?
(a) Clarisse and her family
(b) His childhood in out in the country
(c) Mildred’s attempted suicide
(d) All that he has lost

2. Why does Montag believe the firedog has come to view him as an enemy?
(a) Because its computer system is defective
(b) Because he really is an enemy
(c) Because it is getting old
(d) Because someone has programmed it against him

3. When Montag arrives at his home, he sees a pile of books on the floor; where did they come from?
(a) The public library
(b) The firehouse
(c) The bushes behind the house
(d) Faber’s personal collection

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What noise frightens Montag as he reads in his kitchen?

2. According to Faber, what is missing from most people’s lives, causing unhappiness?

3. Why do the fugitives head back towards the city?

4. What does Montag search for as he reads through the hidden books?

5. What signal of safety does Montag see when looking towards the tracks?

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