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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mildred doing when Montag returns home from Faber’s house?
(a) Reading a book
(b) Watching television
(c) Snooping through his drawers
(d) Talking on the telephone

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

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

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

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

6. How does Montag explain his disillusionment with society?
(a) He says the words of great philosophers before him have infiltrated his mind
(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 said the elderly woman made his appreciate life for the first time

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

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

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

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

11. 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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Faber, what is inevitable?

2. For what does Faber feel partially responsible?

3. What does Faber ask Montag to do on his way home from their first meeting?

4. Who is Mildred entertaining when Montag comes home from Faber’s?

5. What does Mrs. Phelps find most interesting about her two children?

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