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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What interrupts Montag’s confrontation with Beatty?
(a) The fire alarm sounding
(b) The sounds of sirens wailing
(c) The fire hound barking
(d) The building exploding

2. On Montag’s first day back at work, what does Beatty try to convince him to do?
(a) Instigate another book burning
(b) Turn against Faber
(c) Treat his job more enthusiastically
(d) Confess that he’s stolen the books

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

4. What game does Montag play with his fellow firemen before the confrontation?
(a) Checkers
(b) Cards
(c) Hopscotch
(d) Pool

5. Where is Mrs. Phelps' husband?
(a) In rehab
(b) Dead
(c) In the military
(d) In prison

6. How does Faber help Montag during the confrontation with Beatty?
(a) By whispering advice into his ear
(b) By punching Beatty in the face
(c) By telling him how to blackmail Beatty
(d) By making prank calls to the firehouse

7. How does Faber react to Montag’s decision to read the poem aloud?
(a) He is mortified
(b) He is proud
(c) He is apathetic
(d) He is confused

8. The next morning, how does Montag feel about his confrontation with Mildred about the poem?
(a) Terrified
(b) Proud
(c) Ashamed
(d) Guilty

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

10. How does Beatty treat the stolen book Montag returns?
(a) He tosses it unceremoniously in the trash
(b) He forces Montag to burn it then and there
(c) He reads it aloud to the firehouse, mocking the words
(d) He shreds it with his bare hands

11. According to Faber, what is inevitable?
(a) Death from the coming war
(b) Change
(c) The end of books
(d) A mindless society

12. According to Faber, what don’t people need to be happy?
(a) Love
(b) Government
(c) Books
(d) Religion

13. Which Book does Montag take a special interest in and bring to Faber’s house?
(a) An American History textbook
(b) The Bible
(c) War and Peace
(d) Romeo and Juliet

14. What does Montag dread doing with the book he’s taken a special interest in?
(a) Burning it
(b) Explaining it to Mildred
(c) Reading it
(d) Returning it to Beatty

15. 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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Faber think books smell like?

4. What does Montag do to finally convince Faber to help him in his quest?

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

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