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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 is one thing Montag thinks Mildred needs to understand to be happy in life?
(a) His relationship with Clarisse
(b) Why the television personalities are not real
(c) Why she tried to kill herself
(d) Why the government is suppressing knowledge

2. How did Clarisse die?
(a) She drowned
(b) She was poisoned
(c) She died in a house fire
(d) She was run over by a car

3. How does Faber show his fear toward Montag in Part I?
(a) He warns him to stay away
(b) He punches him
(c) He calls the police
(d) He hangs up on him

4. What does Montag feel about Clarisse’s death?
(a) Indifferent
(b) Indignant
(c) Happiness
(d) Disbelief

5. Who turned the attic book owner over to the authorities?
(a) A schoolteacher
(b) A priest
(c) A neighbor
(d) A stranger

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocks Montag when he first observes Clarisse's family?

2. Which of the following best describes Montag’s mood when the ambulance drivers arrive?

3. What does Montag’s society most loathe?

4. What is the general mission of the fire department in the novel?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mildred Montag’s obsession, and how does it affect her personal life?

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

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

4. What is the hound at work specifically trained to do?

5. What happens to people who are found with books in their possession?

6. 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?

7. How does Montag feel about the elderly woman’s book burning the next morning?

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

9. How does Mildred react to Montag’s revelation?

10. Why did the book burnings first begin?

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