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3. Describe Clarisse McClellan

• a. She is shy and slightly handicapped.
• d. She is a flirt whose only concern is getting men to like her.
  
• b. She is a young girl who likes to think and talk.
• c. She is extremely rigid and law-abiding.

What smelled like perfume to Montag?

• It was the printer's ink on the books.
• It was the kerosene.
  
• It was the smoke from the fireplace.
• It was the cooking fumes from the restaurant.

Clarisse asked Montag a question. His reply was, "Am I what?." What was the question?

• Was he happy?
• Could he read?
  
• Did he ever want to get married?
• Had he ever committed a crime?

Why did Emergency Hospital send technicians instead of a doctor to treat the patient?

• Doctors only treated men.
• That kind of medical procedure was so common that technician-operated machines hadbeen developed to treat the patient.
• There weren't enough doctors, so none ever left the hospital.
• Attempted suicide doesn't call for a doctor 

What were parlor walls?

• They were a kind of surround television with which the audience could interact.
• They were portable partitions that could be repositioned to create a variety of living
  spaces.
• They were barricades that separated one neighborhood from another.
• regular walls

There was a robotic animal equipped with a steel needle, and programmed to hunt
and kill. What was it?

• A giant spider 
• a German Shepard 
• A hound 
• A rattle snake 

What did Montag believe had been done to the Hound?

•  It had been programmed to beg for money.
• It had been programmed to burn books.
• It had been programmed to attack the elderly.
• It had been programmed to act against Montag.

Clarisse was part of the old society where talking and thinking were appreciated. How
was this viewed by the others?

• She was revered as a holy one.
• She was thought to be insane.
• She was considered anti-social.
• She was tolerated with amusement.

Where did Clarisse get most of her information about the way life used to be?

• Books
• Her Uncle 
• Her parents 
• She learned it in history class

How did the firemen know which houses had books?

• 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
• Neighbors, family members, and friends became informants and telephoned the
  authorities.
• They conducted random searches.
• The fire dogs could sniff them out.