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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Mildred grateful when the phone rings during Montag’s tirade about the truth?
(a) It's an excuse to get away from the books
(b) She hasn’t spoken to Ann in weeks
(c) She thinks it's Montag’s office telling him to come in to work
(d) She was afraid all communication in their house had been cut off

2. What has Mildred been pressuring her husband to do?
(a) Add television to the fourth wall in the living room
(b) Go to a fertility specialist
(c) Quit his job
(d) Take her to the beach

3. What does Montag use to start the fire in the attic book owner’s home?
(a) Charcoal
(b) A torch blower
(c) Kerosene
(d) A pocket lighter

4. Why does Montag believe the firedog has come to view him as an enemy?
(a) Because he really is an enemy
(b) Because its computer system is defective
(c) Because it is getting old
(d) Because someone has programmed it against him

5. Why does Mildred react the way she does to the sound when Montag is reading in the kitchen?
(a) Because she doesn’t understand the significance of the sound
(b) Because she is angry with Montag
(c) Because she is jealous of Clarisse
(d) Because she doesn’t want to go to jail

Short Answer Questions

1. On the morning after the accident, what is Mildred anxious for Montag to do?

2. How does Montag accidentally frighten Professor Faber?

3. Who tells Montag that Clarisse is dead?

4. Why does a specific sound frighten Montag as he is reading in the kitchen?

5. While out with Montag one afternoon, what does Clarisse urge him to taste?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the elderly woman do before the firemen light the blaze in her home?

2. Why did the book burnings first begin?

3. How does Montag react to the fire call at the elderly woman’s house in Section One?

4. What does Clarisse question about Montag’s way of life, and how does he react to her questions?

5. What does Montag realize about life in his society as the technicians work on Mildred?

6. Why does Beatty come to visit Montag after the book burning at the elderly woman’s home?

7. What is interesting about Guy Montag’s job as a fireman?

8. According to Beatty, what was the main goal of the firemen when the book burnings first began, and how does this fit into the new society’s goal?

9. How is Montag treated on his first day back at work after his “illness”?

10. Who is Clarisse McClellan, and how does Montag meet her?

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