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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Faber think books smell like?
(a) Coriander
(b) Nutmeg
(c) Curry
(d) Ginger

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

4. What poem does Montag read during his confrontation with Mildred?
(a) Apple Picking
(b) A Dream Deferred
(c) Sonnet XVI
(d) Dover Beach

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

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

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

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

9. What does Montag hear a persistent advertisement for while riding the train?
(a) Glueless Gummies
(b) Morlock's Menties
(c) Mildred’s favorite soap opera
(d) Denham's Dentifrice

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Whose image do advertisers use to sell products?

4. How does Faber help Montag during the confrontation with Beatty?

5. What interrupts Montag’s confrontation with Beatty?

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