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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mildred act toward Montag the next morning, after the accident?
(a) Oblivious
(b) Passive aggressive
(c) Pleasant
(d) Cool and calculated

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

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

4. How did Clarisse die?
(a) She drowned
(b) She died in a house fire
(c) She was run over by a car
(d) She was poisoned

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

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

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

8. How does Mildred react to the ambulance drivers’ arrival?
(a) She is hysterical
(b) She never wakes
(c) She is sad
(d) She is angry

9. What does Clarisse ask Montag after their first meeting, before she goes home?
(a) If he has ever wanted to travel
(b) If he is happy
(c) If he plays sports
(d) If he has a dog

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

11. What does Montag think about before he goes to sleep on the night of the accident?
(a) His childhood in out in the country
(b) Clarisse and her family
(c) Mildred’s attempted suicide
(d) All that he has lost

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

13. When discussing his personal history with Montag, what does Faber call himself?
(a) A prophet
(b) A fake
(c) A coward
(d) A rebel

14. In Montag’s society, what is assumed about all the citizens?
(a) They are educated
(b) They are patriotic
(c) They are fearful
(d) They are happy

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Montag distance himself from Clarisse so no one grows suspicious of them?

2. Why is Montag so desperate to understand the books?

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

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

5. What do Mildred and Ann spend their time talking about?

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