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F451: Part 1

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a fireman's job in this world?

a)

Control Forest Fires

b)

Make Kerosene

c)

Put out Fires

d)

Burn Books

2.

What are the two symbols on Montag's uniform?

a)

Salamander and Phoenix

b)

Sand and Sieve

c)

Hearth and Salamander

d)

Phoenix and Sieve

3.

Which character is mostly responsible for causing Montag to question his life?

a)

Mildred

b)

Beatty

c)

Clarisse

d)

Bradbury

4.

What reasons did Beatty give for why they burn books in their society?

a)

Not wanting to offend people

b)

Books were reduced to just headlines

c)

Sports took over intellectual pursuits

d)

All of the above

5.

The mechanical hound tracks his prey by its

a)

Height

b)

Description

c)

Chemical complex

d)

address

6.

______ often focus on a current social, technological or governmental trend.

a)

dystopia

b)

utopia

c)

apocalypse

d)

knowledge

7.

Predicting what may be coming in a story...giving the reader clues about events to come.

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Allusion

8.

"Kerosene is nothing but perfume..."

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

9.

"The sky over the house screamed"

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

10.

"Not everyone is born free and equal, as the Constitution says"

a)

Simile

b)

Allusion

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

11.

"Why learn anything save pressing buttons, pulling switches, fitting nuts and bolts?"

a)

Clarisse

b)

Beatty

c)

Montag

d)

Mildren

12.

"I'm afraid of children my own age."

a)

Clarisse

b)

Beatty

c)

Montag

d)

Mildred

13.

"He'll come in. And burn us and the books!"

a)

Clarisse

b)

Beatty

c)

Montag

d)

Mildred

14.

"There must be something in books, things we can't imagine"

a)

Clarisse

b)

Beatty

c)

Montag

d)

Mildred

15.

What is the first line of the book?

a)

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

b)

Fire! Fire! Fire! Woohoo! Fire!

c)

Jack had waited a long time for this day.

d)

It was a pleasure to burn.

16.

What is Montag doing at the very beginning of the book?

a)

Burning a house with books and smiling

b)

Putting out a house fire and smiling

c)

Going on a walk and talking about saving lives

d)

Fighting with his Captain and dreaming of quitting

17.

What does Bradbury's description of Clarisse suggest when he first introduces her?

a)

that she is an orphan

b)

that she is angry and bitter

c)

that she is curious and observant

d)

that she is terrified of Montag

18.

What does Clarisse say her family does at night?

a)

sits around and talks

b)

watches television

c)

argues

d)

plays Call of Duty

19.

What question does Clarisse ask Montag before they part ways?

a)

Are you married?

b)

Are you happy?

c)

Do you like being a fireman?

d)

How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?

20.

What can you infer based on the scene at Montag's house and the description of the object he hits with his foot?

a)

Mildred has left the remote on the floor and was probably watching TV all night

b)

Mildred has taken a whole bottle of sleeping tablets

c)

The dog has left a little gift on the carpet

d)

He has dropped the lighter he uses to start fires

21.

How does Mildred get help?

a)

Montag takes her to the Emergency Room

b)

She gets advice from Clarisse and meets Clarisse's mom, who is a psychiatrist

c)

Two men come with machines that go down into her stomach and replace her blood with clean blood

d)

A doctor visits the house and performs CPR

22.

Who is the author of F451?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Niel Schusterman

c)

Ray Bradbury

d)

Guy Montag