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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 passes overhead that makes Montag feel urgency about his mission to understand?
(a) A helicopter
(b) A white dove
(c) A shooting star
(d) A bomber plane

2. What consumes Mildred's attention all day, the day after the ambulence arrives at their home?
(a) Playing video games
(b) Gardening
(c) Cooking
(d) Television

3. What does Montag search for as he reads through the hidden books?
(a) A reason for so many lives to be lost
(b) Religious freedom
(c) A connection to Clarisse
(d) The meaning of life

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

5. At what time of day does Montag first meet Clarisse?
(a) 8:00 a.m.
(b) 10:00 p.m.
(c) 1:00 a.m.
(d) 3:00 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Montag think about before he goes to sleep on the night of the accident?

2. How does Mildred respond to Montag’s conviction the day after the ambulence was called to their home?

3. What does Montag want to find to help him in his quest for knowledge?

4. How does Montag distance himself from Clarisse so no one grows suspicious of them?

5. What has changed about the ambulance drivers’ schedule in the past two years?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Montag react after the book burning at the elderly woman’s home?

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

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

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

8. Why did the book burnings first begin?

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

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

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