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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. Which members of society are sent to asylums if caught?
(a) Book owners
(b) Religious fanatics
(c) The unemployed
(d) Thieves

2. What is the most important thing in Mildred’s life?
(a) Her television
(b) Her husband
(c) Her religion
(d) Her education

3. Which of the following characters goes missing, greatly worrying Montag?
(a) Mildred
(b) Captain Beatty
(c) Clarisse
(d) Black

4. What does Montag beg the attic book owner to do before he burns down her house?
(a) Hide her books
(b) Teach him to read
(c) Kill herself to avoid imprisonment
(d) Abandon her books

5. Who is least affected by the book owner's death?
(a) Captain Beatty
(b) Clarisse
(c) Montag
(d) The neighbor

Short Answer Questions

1. What flusters Montag when he arrived at the book burning in the attic?

2. Which of the following criminals housed illegal books in their attic?

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

4. How did Clarisse die?

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

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