Fahrenheit 451 Pages 1-11

How does the story start?

• The story starts with a blazing fire.

• The story starts with a man drenching a house in kerosene.

• The story starts with a fireman soaking books with gasoline.

• The story starts with a building burning to the ground

When Guy gets back to the fire station what does he do?

• he hides the remaining kerosene

• he meets a small child

• he sits down to a meal

• he cleans and puts up all of his equipment

When Guy Montag saw a little girl standing in the middle of the walk, what was she doing?

• she was chasing a kitten

• she was on fire

• she was staring at the ground

• she was running from a man

What did the girl offer Montag?

• to take Montag's clothes and wash them

• to hide the kerosene for him

• to hide him from the authorities

• to walk with Montag back home

What did the little girl ask Montag on their walk?

• "Is it true that long ago firemen put out fires instead of going to start them?"

• "Did you really mean to set fire to the whole house, or was it an accident?"

• "Are you sad that you burned down a house that a mother and 3 children lived in?"

• "Will you burn another house down if I don't turn you in?"

What do we find out is illegal?

• walking alone down a dark street with a small child

• leaving the scene of a burning blaze

• reading a book

• burning down a house and leaving the scene of a crime

Who is Mildred and what has happened to her?

• she is the little girl and she is homeless

• she is Montag's mother and she is dead

• she is Montag's wife and is lying on the bed

• she is Montag as a woman

The patch that Guy wore on his uniform has a 451 on it; what does the 451 represent?

• the house number for where Clarice's lives

• the degree that book paper catches fire and burns.

• the actual Fahrenheit degree where water boils

• the Fahrenheit degree that catches a fire to be fully involved