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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: The Hearth and the Salamander.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mildred respond to Montag's story about the book owner's death?
(a) She is terrified
(b) She is devastated
(c) She is indifferent
(d) She is amused

2. Who tells Montag that Clarisse is dead?
(a) Captain Beatty
(b) Black
(c) The attic book owner
(d) Mildred

3. Which of the following is NOT something Montag struggles to understand?
(a) How and why Clarisse died
(b) Whether Mildred is capable of love
(c) Why no one discusses life’s realities
(d) Why the elderly woman killed herself

4. How old is Clarisse McClellan?
(a) 44
(b) 23
(c) 17
(d) 31

5. What does Montag believe about the mechanical firedog at work?
(a) It is alive
(b) It has been bugged
(c) It knows his secrets
(d) It is evil

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of Mildred’s personality does Montag most resent?

2. What does Montag’s society most loathe?

3. Why doesn’t Mildred want to keep reading the books with Montag?

4. Which of the following causes increased paranoia for Montag?

5. How does the mechanical firedog react when it senses an enemy?

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