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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Clarisse do to check whether or not someone is in love?
(a) Read tarot cards
(b) Rub a dandelion on her chin
(c) Read tealeaves
(d) Pull daisy petals

4. At the beginning of the novel, how does Montag feel about his job?
(a) He believes he is doing his civic duty
(b) He feels ashamed to be harming innocent people
(c) He is proud to have followed in his father's footsteps
(d) He is proud to be considered a hero

5. Why does a specific sound frighten Montag as he is reading in the kitchen?
(a) Because he thinks the Captain has returned
(b) Because there are no birds in his society
(c) Because Clarisse is dead
(d) Because he thinks he is going to be caught reading

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Montag think about before he goes to sleep on the night of the accident?

2. How does Faber feel about the Bible?

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

4. What is Montag’s primary tool when working as a fireman?

5. In Montag’s society, what is assumed about all the citizens?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Montag react after the book burning at the elderly woman’s home?

2. What does Montag realize about life in his society as the technicians work on Mildred?

3. What happens to people who are found with books in their possession?

4. What does the elderly woman do before the firemen light the blaze in her home?

5. How does Montag react to the fire call at the elderly woman’s house in Section One?

6. What is Mildred Montag’s obsession, and how does it affect her personal life?

7. What does Montag reveal to Mildred after Beatty leaves their home?

8. How does Mildred react to Montag’s revelation?

9. What does Montag come to suspect about the mechanical firedog at his work?

10. What surprises Montag about Clarisse’s family when he first meets them?

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