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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 does Montag hear a persistent advertisement for while riding the train?
(a) Glueless Gummies
(b) Denham's Dentifrice
(c) Mildred’s favorite soap opera
(d) Morlock's Menties

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

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

4. What does Faber ask Montag to do on his way home from their first meeting?
(a) Withdraw money from his bank account
(b) Write out a plan for reproducing books
(c) Get some rest for the fight ahead
(d) Spy on the firehouse

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mildred entertaining when Montag comes home from Faber’s?

2. What interrupts Montag’s confrontation with Beatty?

3. According to Faber, what don’t people need to be happy?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the telephone conversation that pulls Mildred away from Montag and the books?

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

3. What is the meaning behind Section Two’s title, “The Sand and the Sieve”?

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

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

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

7. Describe Mildred’s relationship with her television programs.

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

9. Why does Faber consider himself a coward?

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

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