Montag flicks the __________________

to set the house on fire.

The fire ___________________ itself,

quickly gobbling up the kerosene,

the books, the home, and any other fuel.

Montag showered ___________________ ,

washing away the dark ash from his

fire-smudged skin.

The air on the subway is ____________

by all the people pressing together

deep underground.

The television family seems ______________ in

comparison to those Montag knows in real life.

They laugh one moment and cry the next at the

slightest provocation.

The _______________ provided by candlelight is friendlier and more intimate than the usual light of the television walls.

Montag is a _______________.

He walks home from the subway.

Montag feels like Clarisse's ____________. He responds to her like a puppet on a string.

Montag imagines that the bombers have

________________ the stars,

reducing them to dust.

Mildred, Montag's wife, is often

_________________ or depressed.

Montag feels _______________to care for Mildred. Although they do not love each other, he still thinks he has a duty to her.

The hound's ____________system is very sensitive, enabling it to track people by their scent over great distances.

Firemen burn everything. They even burn rodents in the _____________ after the hound has finished with them.

Most firemen have ______________

toward burning things. They enjoy setting things on fire.

People who love books think the firemen are ______________. The firemen are repellant and almost disgusting to them.

Beatty approaches book-burning with ______________ . He refuses to become personally or emotionally involved in his work, even if it includes the loss of human life.

The old woman throws a look of _____________

at the firemen. She claims they are responsible for doing something wrong.

Montag is ______________ by books in the burning house. They fall on him heavily, like bombs.

The fire is ________________. It is always hungry for more books.