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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Mrs. Phelps find most interesting about her two children?
(a) The fact that they have different fathers
(b) The fact that neither of them resemble her physically
(c) The fact that they are both Olympic swimmers
(d) The fact that they were both delivered by Cesarean section

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

9. How does Mildred’s guest react to the poem?
(a) By bursting into tears
(b) By fainting
(c) By slapping Montag
(d) By demanding that Montag be quiet

10. According to Faber, what is missing from most people’s lives, causing unhappiness?
(a) Love
(b) Quality
(c) Education
(d) Fulfilling jobs

11. What effect is reading having on Montag?
(a) He is becoming angry with the government
(b) He is becoming confused about the meaning of life
(c) He is falling out of love with his wife
(d) He is learning to think for himself

12. Whose house is scheduled to be burned at the end of Part Two?
(a) Beatty’s
(b) Montag’s
(c) Faber's
(d) Clarissa’s

13. What did Faber invent for secret communication?
(a) A recording devise
(b) A code tapping system
(c) An electronic reader
(d) A listening ear bud

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what do Montag and Faber devise a plan during their first meeting?

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

3. What poem does Montag read during his confrontation with Mildred?

4. What did a cousin once bet Montag a dime he couldn’t do?

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

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