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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Mildred and Ann spend their time talking about?
(a) Their husbands
(b) Baking recipes
(c) Government censorship
(d) Soap operas

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

3. Which of the following criminals housed illegal books in their attic?
(a) Clarisse's older brother
(b) An elderly woman
(c) A retired soldier
(d) A doctor

4. Why are ambulance drivers called to Montag’s home?
(a) Because Mildred needs her stomach pumped
(b) Because Montag has knocked out Mildred’s lover
(c) Because Mildred was burned in the fire
(d) Because the bullet grazes Montag’s cheek

5. Who do Montag and Clarisse do each morning?
(a) Make love
(b) Discuss poetry
(c) Walk to work
(d) Have coffee

6. What does Montag steal from the attic book owner’s home?
(a) A necklace
(b) A photograph
(c) A book
(d) A purse

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

8. What is the number assigned to Montag's fire squad?
(a) 451
(b) 111
(c) 666
(d) 199

9. What noise frightens Montag as he reads in his kitchen?
(a) Clarisse crying
(b) A bird singing
(c) The fire hound barking
(d) A car honking

10. Why is Montag so fascinated with Clarisse?
(a) He has never met a woman so beautiful
(b) Because any woman is more interesting than Mildred
(c) He likes the danger of sneaking around with her
(d) She has a very unusual way of thinking

11. What does Faber believe television has done to Jesus' image?
(a) Made it political
(b) Preserved it as holy
(c) Turned it into a parlor act
(d) Deadened it

12. How does Faber show his fear toward Montag in Part I?
(a) He warns him to stay away
(b) He hangs up on him
(c) He calls the police
(d) He punches him

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

14. Which of the following best describes Montag’s mood when the ambulance drivers arrive?
(a) Incredulous
(b) Indifferent
(c) Hostile
(d) Distressed

15. How does Montag accidentally frighten Professor Faber?
(a) By mentioning Clarisse
(b) By asking him about a book
(c) By asking him to turn himself in
(d) By admitting that he’s read War and Peace

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mildred react to the news that Montag has been hoarding books?

2. When Mildred talks about “her family,” whom is she referring to?

3. On the morning after the accident, what is Mildred anxious for Montag to do?

4. Why does Mildred react the way she does to the sound when Montag is reading in the kitchen?

5. Which of the following characters goes missing, greatly worrying Montag?

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