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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Beatty treat the stolen book Montag returns?
(a) He reads it aloud to the firehouse, mocking the words
(b) He forces Montag to burn it then and there
(c) He shreds it with his bare hands
(d) He tosses it unceremoniously in the trash

4. 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

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

6. Who is Mildred entertaining when Montag comes home from Faber’s?
(a) The next-door neighbor
(b) Clarisse
(c) Captain Beatty
(d) Her girlfriends

7. How does Faber react to Montag’s decision to read the poem aloud?
(a) He is mortified
(b) He is proud
(c) He is apathetic
(d) He is confused

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

9. 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

10. What did Faber invent for secret communication?
(a) An electronic reader
(b) A listening ear bud
(c) A code tapping system
(d) A recording devise

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

12. The next morning, how does Montag feel about his confrontation with Mildred about the poem?
(a) Proud
(b) Ashamed
(c) Guilty
(d) Terrified

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

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

15. How does Captain Beatty fit into Montag and Faber’s secret plan?
(a) They want to learn more about him
(b) They want him to be their leader
(c) They want to kill him
(d) They want to recruit him

Short Answer Questions

1. What poem does Montag read during his confrontation with Mildred?

2. What does Montag do to finally convince Faber to help him in his quest?

3. Which Book does Montag take a special interest in and bring to Faber’s house?

4. For what does Faber feel partially responsible?

5. What effect is reading having on Montag?

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