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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clarisse do to check whether or not someone is in love?
(a) Read tarot cards
(b) Pull daisy petals
(c) Read tealeaves
(d) Rub a dandelion on her chin

2. Which of the following best describes Montag’s mood when the ambulance drivers arrive?
(a) Distressed
(b) Indifferent
(c) Incredulous
(d) Hostile

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

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

5. What does Montag feel about Clarisse’s death?
(a) Indifferent
(b) Disbelief
(c) Indignant
(d) Happiness

6. How does Montag distance himself from Clarisse so no one grows suspicious of them?
(a) He walks rapidly so as to lose her
(b) He does not distance himself
(c) He crosses to the other side of the street
(d) He walks two paces behind her

7. Which of the following criminals housed illegal books in their attic?
(a) An elderly woman
(b) A retired soldier
(c) Clarisse's older brother
(d) A doctor

8. Who do Montag and Clarisse do each morning?
(a) Make love
(b) Have coffee
(c) Discuss poetry
(d) Walk to work

9. Why does Mildred react the way she does to the sound when Montag is reading in the kitchen?
(a) Because she is jealous of Clarisse
(b) Because she is angry with Montag
(c) Because she doesn’t understand the significance of the sound
(d) Because she doesn’t want to go to jail

10. While out with Montag one afternoon, what does Clarisse urge him to taste?
(a) Sassafras root
(b) The rain
(c) Her blood
(d) Imported chocolate

11. As Montag listens to Mildred’s conversation with Ann, what does he realize about his wife?
(a) That she will not help him in his quest
(b) That she is unintelligent
(c) That she is naïve
(d) That she is mentally unwell

12. At what time of day does Montag first meet Clarisse?
(a) 8:00 a.m.
(b) 1:00 a.m.
(c) 3:00 p.m.
(d) 10:00 p.m.

13. What has changed about the ambulance drivers’ schedule in the past two years?
(a) They have been forced into additional training in addition to their scheduled shifts
(b) They have slowed down
(c) They have gotten much busier
(d) They have stayed the same

14. Who actually lights the fire at the attic book owner’s home?
(a) The homeowner
(b) Montag
(c) The accusing neighbor
(d) Captain Beatty

15. How does Mildred act toward Montag the next morning, after the accident?
(a) Passive aggressive
(b) Pleasant
(c) Oblivious
(d) Cool and calculated

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Mildred been pressuring her husband to do?

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

3. How does Mildred respond to Montag's story about the book owner's death?

4. What does Montag’s society most loathe?

5. What does Faber believe television has done to Jesus' image?

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