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(1)
What happened to Clarisse?
[A]
She was hit by a car.
[B]
She was hypnotized and forced to change her thinking.
[C]
She was attacked by a pack of mechanical hounds.
[D]
She escaped to the wilderness and joined the rebels.
Answer: She was hit by a car.
(2)
What did the old woman do?
[A]
She locked herself in her apartment and refused to watch.
[B]
She lit the match and then committed suicide.
[C]
She danced and threw more books on the blaze.
[D]
She dressed in black, knelt before the fire, and prayed and cried.
Answer: She lit the match and then committed suicide.
(3)
The firemen wanted to provide as much of a show as possible. How did they do this?
[A]
They made watching mandatory for everyone over the age of twelve.
[B]
They advertised by having volunteers call people to remind them to come.
[C]
They had a famous person start the blaze.
[D]
They had the fires at night when they look prettier.
Answer: They had the fires at night when they look prettier.
(4)
What did Montag do in the old lady's attic?
[A]
He took a book.
[B]
He sat and cried.
[C]
He destroyed all of her old family pictures.
[D]
He took a nap.
(5)
What lie did Captain's Beatty tell Montag?
[A]
He told Montag that authors had never been appreciated; indeed, they had always been regarded as outcasts.
[B]
He told Montag that women were too delicate to be workers.
[C]
He told Montag that firemen had never been used to prevent fires, only to start them.
[D]
He told Montag that he (Montag) was next in line for a promotion at work.
Answer: He told Montag that firemen had never been used to prevent fires, only to start them.
(6)
How did the firemen know which houses had books?
[A]
The books all had bar codes on the back covers. These could be read for up to one mile away by a special computerized track.
[B]
Neighbors, family members, and friends became informants and telephoned the authorities.
[C]
They conducted random searches.
[D]
The fire dogs could sniff them out.
Answer: Neighbors, family members, and friends became informants and telephoned the authorities.
(7)
Who was Captain Beatty?
[A]
He was Montag's boss at work.
[B]
He was a retired naval officer. He often told old sea stories.
[C]
He was the mayor.
[D]
He was Clarisse's uncle.
Answer: He was Montag's boss at work.
(8)
Where did Clarisse get most of her information about the way life used to be?
[A]
Her uncle told her.
[B]
She watched old videos.
[C]
She learned it in history class.
[D]
She had secretly read her grandmother's diaries, which she had hidden in her room.
Answer: Her uncle told her.
(9)
Clarisse was part of the old society where talking and thinking were appreciated. How was this viewed by the others?
[A]
She was revered as a holy one.
[B]
She was thought to be insane.
[C]
She was considered anti-social.
[D]
She was tolerated with amusement.
Answer: She was considered anti-social.
(10)
What did Montag believe had been done to the animal?
[A]
It had been programmed to beg for money.
[B]
It had been programmed to do tricks.
[C]
It had been programmed to attack the elderly.
[D]
It had been programmed to act against Montag.
Answer: It had been programmed to act against Montag.
(11)
There was a robotic animal equipped with a steel needle, and programmed to hunt and kill.
What kind of animal was it?
[A]
It was dragon.
[B]
It was a hound.
[C]
It was a lion.
[D]
It was a rattlesnake.
(12)
What were parlor walls?
[A]
They were a kind of surround television with which the audience could interact.
[B]
They were portable partitions that could be repositioned to create a variety of living spaces.
[C]
They were hidden microphones that could monitor conversations.
[D]
They were barricades that separated one neighborhood from another.
Answer: They were a kind of surround television with which the audience could interact.
(13)
Why did Emergency Hospital send technicians instead of a doctor to treat the patient?
[A]
The patient didn't have enough insurance coverage to merit a doctor's care.
[B]
Doctors only treated men.
[C]
There weren't enough doctors, so none ever left the hospital.
[D]
That kind of medical procedure was so common that technician-operated machines had been developed to treat the patient.
Answer: That kind of medical procedure was so common that technician-operated machines had been developed to treat the patient.
(14)
What happened to her?
[A]
She was captured and sent to a prison camp.
[B]
She contracted a fatal, contagious disease and had to be quarantined.
[C]
She took an overdose of sleeping pills and had to have her stomach and blood pumped clean.
[D]
She had just been promoted to a position of power in the government.
Answer: She took an overdose of sleeping pills and had to have her stomach and blood pumped clean.
(15)
Who is Mildred?
[A]
She is Clarisse's mother.
[B]
She is Montag's wife.
[C]
She is a doctor at Emergency Hospital.
[D]
She is a writer who has gone underground.
Answer: She is Montag's wife.
(16)
Clarisse asked Montag a question. His reply was, "No." What was the question?
[A]
Was he happy?
[B]
Could he read?
[C]
Did he ever want to get married?
[D]
Had he ever committed a crime?
(17)
What smelled like perfume to Montag?
[A]
It was the printers ink on the books.
[B]
It was the cooking fumes from the restaurant.
[C]
It was the kerosene.
[D]
It was the smoke from the fireplace.
Answer: It was the kerosene.
(18)
Describe Clarisse McClellan
[A]
She is shy and slightly handicapped.
[B]
She is a young girl who likes to think and talk.
[C]
She is extremely rigid and law-abiding.
[D]
She is a flirt whose only concern is getting men to like her.
Answer: She is a young girl who likes to think and talk.
(19)
Describe his job.
[A]
He maintains information files for the city.
[B]
He teaches school.
[C]
He finds books and burns them.
[D]
He is a curator in a museum.
Answer: He finds books and burns them.
(20)
Who is Guy Montag?
[A]
He is a librarian.
[B]
He is the mayor.
[C]
He is a doctor.
[D]
He is a fireman.
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