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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Faber help Montag during the confrontation with Beatty?

2. The next morning, how does Montag feel about his confrontation with Mildred about the poem?

3. Whose image do advertisers use to sell products?

4. What interrupts Montag’s confrontation with Beatty?

5. What did Faber invent for secret communication?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Faber feel is an inevitable truth, and how does his belief affect Montag’s plan?

2. What reason does Montag give Faber for his sudden decision to stop burning books?

3. How does Montag feel as he watches his house burn down?

4. On the phone, how does Faber react to Montag’s request about the books?

5. Why does Faber consider himself a coward?

6. What tool does Faber give Montag for communication?

7. Where does Montag hide the illegal books after revealing them to Mildred, and why?

8. How does Montag convince Faber that he can be trusted with information about books?

9. Who is professor Faber, and how does Montag know him?

10. What does Mildred do when the fire trucks arrive at her house in the beginning of Section Three?

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