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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Captain Beatty fit into Montag and Faber’s secret plan?
(a) They want to kill him
(b) They want to learn more about him
(c) They want to recruit him
(d) They want him to be their leader

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

5. What did a cousin once bet Montag a dime he couldn’t do?
(a) Fill a sieve with sand
(b) Swallow a sword
(c) Walk across fire
(d) Push a rock up a hill

6. How does Montag explain his disillusionment with society?
(a) He said the elderly woman made his appreciate life for the first time
(b) He says that the impending war has caused him to question government
(c) He says it feels as if something is missing
(d) He says the words of great philosophers before him have infiltrated his mind

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

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

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

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

11. What does Montag do to finally convince Faber to help him in his quest?
(a) He threatens to kill himself
(b) He brings out a can of kerosene
(c) He tears pages out of the book
(d) He threatens Faber

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect is reading having on Montag?

2. What does Montag hear a persistent advertisement for while riding the train?

3. According to Faber, what is inevitable?

4. How does Beatty treat the stolen book Montag returns?

5. What does Montag dread doing with the book he’s taken a special interest in?

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