Fahrenheit 451 Part One pages 21-45

What event causes Montag to become "unstuck" in his world?

• The old woman burns herself alive

• Clarisse tells Montag she is pregnant.

• Mildred overdoses again

• Beatty retires

What does Beatty "know" about Montag?

• Montag is hiding books

• Montag is having an affair

• Montag has cancer

• Mildred is a robot

What does Beatty say after the "old lady fire" that tells us there is more going on with Beatty than Montag knows?

• Beatty starts to cry

• Beatty quotes a book

• Beatty laughs like a madman

• Beatty quits being a fireman

According to "history," who is the First Fireman?

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Captain Beatty

• King George II

What is the "Wall Screen" that Mildred loves?

• Wall Street in New York

• Her large flat screen TV

• The oriental screen she changes behind

• The 150-thread count sheets on her bed.

Who are Mildred's "family?"

• The characters on the tv play

• Her adoptive parents

• Montag and his friends

• Mildred's actual family

What clue tells Montag that something is wrong with Clarisse?

• Clarisse tells Montag something is wrong with her family.

• Clarisse acts normal

• Her family is arguing on the front lawn

• The lights in her house are out

Why does the Mechanical Dog hate Montag?

• He kicked it once

• He forgot to plug the dog in last night

• The dog smells books on Montag

• The dog is secretly his wife in disguise

What ultimately happens to Clarisse IN THE BOOK?

• She and her family move to Mars

• She is run over by a teenager driving a car

• She joins the rival firehouse

• She marries someone and moves to the country

How does the Mechanical Hound catch its victims?

• It injects a poison into them

• It eats them

• It shoots lasers from its eyes

• It fires mini-rockets from its tail