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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What takes up three full walls in the Montag's living room?
(a) An abstract painting
(b) Pictures
(c) Mirrors
(d) The television

2. What aspect of Clarisse’s personality does Montag find most attractive?
(a) Her desire to learn a trade
(b) Her dark sense of humor
(c) Her childish infatuation
(d) Her questioning banter

3. As Montag reads, what does Mildred stare at longingly?
(a) A photograph
(b) Her television wall
(c) The window
(d) The oven

4. What consumes Mildred's attention all day, the day after the ambulence arrives at their home?
(a) Playing video games
(b) Cooking
(c) Gardening
(d) Television

5. What aspect of Mildred’s personality does Montag most resent?
(a) Her obsession
(b) Her religious fervor
(c) Her coldness
(d) Her jealousy

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

7. Why is Montag so desperate to understand the books?
(a) Because he wants to understand why people were willing to die for their books
(b) Because he wants to stand up to the government, and this is the best way
(c) Because he thinks it will make Mildred fall back in love with him
(d) Because he grew up thinking he was stupid

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

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

10. What is Guy Montag's main responsibly as a fireman?
(a) To give medical aid
(b) To create the work schedules
(c) To put out fires
(d) To start fires

11. What does Montag feel about Clarisse’s death?
(a) Indifferent
(b) Indignant
(c) Disbelief
(d) Happiness

12. As Montag listens to Mildred’s conversation with Ann, what does he realize about his wife?
(a) That she will not help him in his quest
(b) That she is mentally unwell
(c) That she is naïve
(d) That she is unintelligent

13. If Montag wants to talk to Faber, what does he realize he must do?
(a) Take a train to Faber's house
(b) Leave his wife
(c) Wear a disguise
(d) Turn himself in to the police

14. What has changed about Montag’s life since the character went missing?
(a) He has full reign over the television
(b) He has to pick up extra shifts at work
(c) He has been promoted
(d) He walks to work alone

15. What does Montag use to start the fire in the attic book owner’s home?
(a) A pocket lighter
(b) A torch blower
(c) Charcoal
(d) Kerosene

Short Answer Questions

1. What noise frightens Montag as he reads in his kitchen?

2. Which of the following is NOT something Montag struggles to understand?

3. What is the most important thing in Mildred’s life?

4. What does Montag beg the attic book owner to do before he burns down her house?

5. How does Mildred respond to Montag’s conviction the day after the ambulence was called to their home?

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