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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. Who is Mildred entertaining when Montag comes home from Faber’s?
(a) The next-door neighbor
(b) Her girlfriends
(c) Captain Beatty
(d) Clarisse

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

3. How does Mildred’s guest react to the poem?
(a) By slapping Montag
(b) By fainting
(c) By bursting into tears
(d) By demanding that Montag be quiet

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

5. What does Faber think books smell like?
(a) Nutmeg
(b) Ginger
(c) Curry
(d) Coriander

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Phelps find most interesting about her two children?

2. According to Faber, what is inevitable?

3. What does Montag do to finally convince Faber to help him in his quest?

4. How does Captain Beatty fit into Montag and Faber’s secret plan?

5. Whose house is scheduled to be burned at the end of Part Two?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What information was used to turn Montag in to the authorities, and where did it come from?

3. As Montag reads through the illegal books, what sound adds urgency to his search?

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

5. What sound startles Montag and Mildred as they leaf through the illegal books, and how do they react?

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

7. What does Faber say about the magical properties of books?

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

9. How does Faber react to the news that firemen are at Montag’s home?

10. How does Beatty want Montag to destroy his home?

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