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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. What aspect of Clarisse’s personality does Montag find most attractive?
(a) Her desire to learn a trade
(b) Her dark sense of humor
(c) Her questioning banter
(d) Her childish infatuation

2. What does Montag want to find to help him in his quest for knowledge?
(a) Another book
(b) A good friend
(c) A real teacher
(d) A different wife

3. What does Clarisse ask Montag after their first meeting, before she goes home?
(a) If he has a dog
(b) If he has ever wanted to travel
(c) If he is happy
(d) If he plays sports

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

5. Which of the following facts is true about Clarisse?
(a) She is somber
(b) She is Montag’s neighbor
(c) She is the daughter of a highly placed politic figure
(d) She has no sense of humor

Short Answer Questions

1. What passes overhead that makes Montag feel urgency about his mission to understand?

2. What is Guy Montag's main responsibly as a fireman?

3. What does Montag fear will happen if the dog identifies him as an enemy?

4. Who is least affected by the book owner's death?

5. What does Montag use to start the fire in the attic book owner’s home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What horrifying scene does Montag come home to after escorting Clarisse back to the neighborhood, and what does this lead him to realize about Mildred?

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

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

6. What most enthralls Montag about his job?

7. What does Montag reveal to Mildred after Beatty leaves their home?

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. What does Montag come to suspect about the mechanical firedog at his work?

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

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