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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. What has Mildred been pressuring her husband to do?
(a) Quit his job
(b) Go to a fertility specialist
(c) Take her to the beach
(d) Add television to the fourth wall in the living room

2. What does the interactive box in the Montag living room allow Mildred to do?
(a) Communicate with Montag while he’s at work
(b) Video conference with her family and friends
(c) Monitor the security of her home
(d) Interact with the characters on her television shows

3. How does Montag distance himself from Clarisse so no one grows suspicious of them?
(a) He walks rapidly so as to lose her
(b) He does not distance himself
(c) He crosses to the other side of the street
(d) He walks two paces behind her

4. What is Montag’s primary tool when working as a fireman?
(a) Milk
(b) Kerosene
(c) Water
(d) Foam

5. How does Mildred react to the sound when Montag is reading in the kitchen?
(a) She is angry
(b) She is confused
(c) She is uninterested
(d) She is afraid

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Faber feel about the Bible?

2. Why is Mildred grateful when the phone rings during Montag’s tirade about the truth?

3. Why does a specific sound frighten Montag as he is reading in the kitchen?

4. What does Montag use to start the fire in the attic book owner’s home?

5. As Montag listens to Mildred’s conversation with Ann, what does he realize about his wife?

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