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

2. While out with Montag one afternoon, what does Clarisse urge him to taste?
(a) The rain
(b) Her blood
(c) Imported chocolate
(d) Sassafras root

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

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

5. What does Montag use to start the fire in the attic book owner’s home?
(a) Kerosene
(b) A pocket lighter
(c) Charcoal
(d) A torch blower

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Faber show his fear toward Montag in Part I?

2. If Montag wants to talk to Faber, what does he realize he must do?

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

4. What passes overhead that makes Montag feel urgency about his mission to understand?

5. Why are ambulance drivers called to Montag’s home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is interesting about Guy Montag’s job as a fireman?

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

3. How does Montag feel about the elderly woman’s book burning the next morning?

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

5. Who is Clarisse McClellan, and how does Montag meet her?

6. How is Montag treated on his first day back at work after his “illness”?

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

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

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

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

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