Fahrenheit 451 Part 3 Exam

what does Montag find gathered around a fire out in the countryside?

A collection of misfits who onced lived in the cities and escaped to the country.

What realization stops Montag in his tracks and causes him to sob?

Beatty had wanted to die

Why does beetle pick up speed and almost run over Montag?

Because it was a caseload of teens, looking for adventure, who wanted to run him over.

At one point during his run, Montag thought the mechanical hound had found him. What did he actually see that he mistook for the hound?

Montag actually saw a deer

what hint does the author drop which may indicate that Clarisse was not hit by a car after all?

Montag could feel that Clarisse had once walked in the same railroad tracks he was traveling over.

what is Faber's plan to help Montag escape?

Montag should head for the river in hopes of following old rail lines into the country where other outcasts hide.

what is the name of the book Montag will be responsible for?

The book of Ecclesiatstes

Why do the police pretend to be chasing Montag even after he has successfully escaped?

They need to end with a bang do the audience will be entertained.

Why is Granger's statement to Montag ("Welcome back from the dead.") ironic?

although montag is not literally dead, his old self... his old belief system... is indeed dead.

who does the mechanical hound kill.

an innocent random man

How do Granger and the others preserve books?

by memorizing them

what happened to the city Montag escaped?

it was flattened by a bomb

what did the police instruct the public to do in a last-ditch effort to catch Montag?

on the count of ten, to go collectively to their doors

Why did Montag stop on the way to Faber's and stash a book in Mrs. Black's house?

she was a wife of one of his fellow firemen, and it was part of the plan to plant books and call in alarms against firemen.

Why is Montag's leg incapacitated?

the Mechanical Hound stabbed it with his procaine needle

How did Granger and the others know Montag's name?

they had been watching the chase on a portable battery tv set.