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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 is Mildred doing when Montag returns home from Faber’s house?
(a) Snooping through his drawers
(b) Reading a book
(c) Watching television
(d) Talking on the telephone

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

3. How does Montag explain his disillusionment with society?
(a) He says the words of great philosophers before him have infiltrated his mind
(b) He says it feels as if something is missing
(c) He said the elderly woman made his appreciate life for the first time
(d) He says that the impending war has caused him to question government

4. What does Montag hear a persistent advertisement for while riding the train?
(a) Morlock's Menties
(b) Mildred’s favorite soap opera
(c) Denham's Dentifrice
(d) Glueless Gummies

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mildred entertaining when Montag comes home from Faber’s?

2. How does Faber react to Montag’s decision to read the poem aloud?

3. According to Faber, what don’t people need to be happy?

4. What does Faber think books smell like?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the meaning behind Section Two’s title, “The Sand and the Sieve”?

2. What does Mildred do when the fire trucks arrive at her house in the beginning of Section Three?

3. What is the first glimmer readers see of Montag beginning to think for himself?

4. How does Montag convince Faber that he can be trusted with information about books?

5. How does Beatty want Montag to destroy his home?

6. On the phone, how does Faber react to Montag’s request about the books?

7. What does Faber feel is an inevitable truth, and how does his belief affect Montag’s plan?

8. What tool does Faber give Montag for communication?

9. Why does Faber consider himself a coward?

10. What does Faber say about the magical properties of books?

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