| Who is the author of this novel? | Ray Bradbury |
| Who is Guy Montag? | He is a fireman |
| Descibe Guy’s job | He finds books and burns them |
| Describe Clarisse McClellan | She is a young girl who likes to think and talk |
| What smelled like perfume to Montag? | Kerosene |
| Clarisse asked Montag a question. His reply was, “No.” What was the question? | Was he happy? |
| Who is Mildred? | She is Montag’s wife |
| What happened to her? | She had an overdose of sleeping pills and had to have her stomach and blood pumped clean |
| Why did Emergency Hospital send technicians instead of a doctor to treat the patient? | That kind of medical procedure was so common that technician-operated machines had been developed to treat the patient |
| What were parlor walls? | They were a kind of surround television with which the audience could interact |
| There was a robotic animal equipped with a steel needle, and programmed to hunt and kill. What kind of animal was it? | It was a hound |
| What did Montag believe had been done to the animal? | It had been programmed to act against Montag |
| Clarisse was part of the old society where talking and thnking were appreciated. How was this viewed by others? | She was considered anti-social |
| Where did Clarisse get most of her information about the way life used to be? | Her uncle told her |
| Who was Captain Beatty? | He was Montag’s boss at work |
| How did the firemen know which houses had books? | Neighbors, family members, and friends became informants and telephoned the authorities |
| What lie did Captain Beatty tell Montag? | He told Montag that firemen had never been used to prevent fires, only to start them |
| What did Montag do in the old lady’s attic? | He took a book? |
| The firemen wanted to provide as much of a show as possible. How did they do this? | They had the fires at night when they looked prettier |
| What did the old woman do? | She lit the match and then committed suicide |
| What happened to Clarisse? | She was hit by a car |
| What was Montag afraid would happen when the Captain came to visit? | He was afraid the Captain would find the book he had stolen from the old lady |
| What did Captain Beatty believe? | He believed that books put upsetting thoughts in people’s minds and kept them from being happy and satisfied |
| What did Montag do after the captain had left his house? | He showed Mildred the books he had been stealing and hiding |
| Who was Faber? | He was a retired English professor |
| Why did Montag go to see Faber? | He needed a duplicate copy of the stolen book before he returned the original to Captain Beatty |
| What three elements did Faber feel were missing from life? | Quality and texture of information, Leisure time to think, The right to carry out actions based on the other two items |
| What plan did Montag and Faber devise? | They were going to plant books in firemen’s houses and turn in alarms on the firemen. This was to cast suspicion on all firemen |
| What was Montag willing to do to convince Faber to help carry out the plan? | He would destroy his book, page by page, until Faber would cooperate |
| What had Faber designed that allowed him to be in constant contact with Montag? | He had designed an electronic radio transmitter which could be placed in his ear |
| Why did Faber decide to go to St. Louis? | He wanted to enlist the help of an unemployed printer to begin making copies of books |
| Why did Montag burn the book of poetry in the wall incinerator in his home? | He had been told to do so by Faber, through the transmitter, to show the ladies he was playing a joke on them |
| Where did Montag hide his books after the ladies left? | He hid them in his backyard |
| What was the destination of the alarm on the night Montag returned to work at the firehouse? | The destination was Montag’s home |
| Who was the final informant on Montag’s home? | Mildred |
| Why did Montag kill Captain Beatty? | Beatty was aware that Montag was wearing a radio transmitter, and he was determined to find out who was on the other end |
| Why didn’t Montag run away before he killed Captain Beatty? | He knew the mechanical hound was in the neighborhood and would kill him |
| Where did Montag go after he killed Beatty? | Faber’s house |
| When Montag left Faber’s house, which direction did he go? | He headed for the river |
| Why did Montag take whiskey, a suitcase, and some of Faber’s dirty clothes with him? | He needed some strong-smelling things to throw the dog off his scent |
| Montag identified something he saw in his travels as a path to safety. What was it? | It was the railroad tracks |
| What was different about the fire Montag saw after leaving the river? | It was giviong warmth and comfort, not destroying things |
| During the manhut for Montag by the hound, why did the camera identify an innocent man as Montag? | The firemen needed to look good, and put a neat ending on the day’s work |
| What was different about the hobos Montag met? | They were all intellectuals |
| How were these men preserving literature? | Each man had memorized a piece of literature to be written down at a later time |
| What literature did Montag preserve? | The Book of Ecclesiastes |
| What happened during the war? | The city and its inhabitants were destroyed |
| What did Montag and the intellectuals believe their mission to be once the war was ended? | They wanted to learn from previous mistakes, and always to remember |
Fahrenheit 451
February 6, 2020