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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 poem does Montag read during his confrontation with Mildred?
(a) Sonnet XVI
(b) A Dream Deferred
(c) Apple Picking
(d) Dover Beach

2. For what does Faber feel partially responsible?
(a) How far the book burning has gone
(b) Montag's discontent
(c) The elderly woman’s death
(d) Clarisse’s death

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

4. Whose house is scheduled to be burned at the end of Part Two?
(a) Montag’s
(b) Clarissa’s
(c) Beatty’s
(d) Faber's

5. What game does Montag play with his fellow firemen before the confrontation?
(a) Pool
(b) Cards
(c) Hopscotch
(d) Checkers

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Faber ask Montag to do on his way home from their first meeting?

3. What is Mildred doing when Montag returns home from Faber’s house?

4. According to Faber, what is inevitable?

5. What does Montag dread doing with the book he’s taken a special interest in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Faber consider himself a coward?

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

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

4. What tool does Faber give Montag for communication?

5. According to Faber, what has happened to the image of Jesus in their society?

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

7. What is the first glimmer readers see of Montag beginning to think for himself?

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

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

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

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