Study Guide Fahrenheit 451

How does Mildred escape from reality?

• Pills

• Radio

• Television

• All of the above

How do the men at the end of the book preserve books?

• Burn the books.

• Make duplicates of the books.

• Memorize the books.

• None of the above.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

When the war ended, what was the mission of the men Montag joined?

• To help rebuild homes.

• To help people remember mistakes from history, and to learn from them.

• To teach everyone to read.

• To tell stories to help bring people comfort and knowledge.

How is the campfire different from the fires Montag is used to?

• It is a different temperature.

• It is a different color because it is fueled by kerosene.

• It is used for warmth.

• All of the choices are correct.

Montag didn't intend to kill Captain Beatty. Montag's finger slipped on the flame thrower and Beaty was in the way.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why does the elderly women burn down her own house?

• She feels that it is the only way she saves her books.

• She does it as a form or protest, in opposition to the practice of burning books.

• She doesn't want the firearm getting their hands on her books and gaining knowledge from them.

• She is old and doesn't want to live the rest of her life in prison.

What happens to Clarisse?

• The authorities track her location, and she is caught by the mechanical hound.

• Her family relocates as they are afraid that the authorities are coming form them.

• Her family relocates as they are afraid that the authorities are coming for them.

• She is it and killed in a car accident.

When Montag meets Clarisse McClellan, why does he described her face as a mirror?

• She reflects his thoughts and feelings.

• He thinks he has met her before somewhere.

• He feels as though she is looking straight through him.

• She is very beautiful.

Faber calls himself a coward because he once reported his friends to the authorities.

• False

• True

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The community of men who Montag joins at the end have burned physical books themselves.

• True

• False