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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What game does Montag play with his fellow firemen before the confrontation?
(a) Hopscotch
(b) Pool
(c) Cards
(d) Checkers

2. Whose house is scheduled to be burned at the end of Part Two?
(a) Beatty’s
(b) Faber's
(c) Montag’s
(d) Clarissa’s

3. According to Faber, what is missing from most people’s lives, causing unhappiness?
(a) Fulfilling jobs
(b) Education
(c) Love
(d) Quality

4. For what do Montag and Faber devise a plan during their first meeting?
(a) Montag's education
(b) Creating a library
(c) Finding Clarisse
(d) Escaping their society

5. How does Faber help Montag during the confrontation with Beatty?
(a) By whispering advice into his ear
(b) By telling him how to blackmail Beatty
(c) By making prank calls to the firehouse
(d) By punching Beatty in the face

6. What effect is reading having on Montag?
(a) He is learning to think for himself
(b) He is becoming angry with the government
(c) He is becoming confused about the meaning of life
(d) He is falling out of love with his wife

7. How does Mildred’s guest react to the poem?
(a) By slapping Montag
(b) By demanding that Montag be quiet
(c) By fainting
(d) By bursting into tears

8. What does Faber think books smell like?
(a) Coriander
(b) Curry
(c) Nutmeg
(d) Ginger

9. For what does Faber feel partially responsible?
(a) The elderly woman’s death
(b) Clarisse’s death
(c) Montag's discontent
(d) How far the book burning has gone

10. Whose image do advertisers use to sell products?
(a) The Firemen’s
(b) The President’s
(c) Jesus’
(d) No one’s. Images in advertising are banned

11. Where is Mrs. Phelps' husband?
(a) In the military
(b) In rehab
(c) In prison
(d) Dead

12. What does Montag dread doing with the book he’s taken a special interest in?
(a) Explaining it to Mildred
(b) Returning it to Beatty
(c) Reading it
(d) Burning it

13. What does Mrs. Phelps find most interesting about her two children?
(a) The fact that neither of them resemble her physically
(b) The fact that they are both Olympic swimmers
(c) The fact that they were both delivered by Cesarean section
(d) The fact that they have different fathers

14. What does Montag do to finally convince Faber to help him in his quest?
(a) He threatens to kill himself
(b) He tears pages out of the book
(c) He threatens Faber
(d) He brings out a can of kerosene

15. What interrupts Montag’s confrontation with Beatty?
(a) The sounds of sirens wailing
(b) The fire alarm sounding
(c) The building exploding
(d) The fire hound barking

Short Answer Questions

1. The next morning, how does Montag feel about his confrontation with Mildred about the poem?

2. What did Faber invent for secret communication?

3. How does Beatty treat the stolen book Montag returns?

4. What does Montag hear a persistent advertisement for while riding the train?

5. How does Montag explain his disillusionment with society?

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