Question 1

Why is Montag’s leg incapacitated?

Accepted Answer

the Mechanical Hound stabbed it with his procaine needle

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he badly sprained his ankle while fleeing Beatty and the firemen

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his leg was badly burned when he sprayed fire at Beatty

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his leg is still injured from when he served in the war

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Beatty had wanted to die

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Mildred never loved him

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Clarisse was really dead

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Books were the salvation of the future

Question 3

Why does the Beetle pick up speed and almost run over Montag?

Accepted Answer

it was a carload of teens, looking for adventure, who wanted to run him over

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the vehicle is a police cruiser that is searching for Montag

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the car’s occupants recognized Montag as the fugitive and wanted to catch him

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.  the car was traveling so fast that the occupants could not see Montag

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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 the firemen

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Mrs. Black was Beatty’s wife, and Montag felt guilty for killing him

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he was merely trying to hide the evidence against him…wherever he could

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Mrs. Black was one of Mildred’s friends who had insulted him, so he set her up

Question 5

What is Faber’s plan to help Montag escape?

Accepted Answer

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

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Montag should pretend to commit suicide so the search will be called off

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Montag should retrack his steps back to the burnt body in order to throw off the Mechanical Hound

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Montag should turn himself in so he will merely be incarcerated instead of killed

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

on the count of ten, to go collectively to their doors or windows to see if they could spot the fugitive

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to turn-on their heli-pads so the police helicopters could land without delay, as necessary

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to join the chase by walking through the streets in search of Montag

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to bolt the locks and stay inside their houses until further notice

Question 7

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

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a deer

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a dog

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a bird

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a farmer

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

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

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Mildred had been caught in numerous lies, so her story about Clarisse may have been fabricated

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Beatty alluded to the fact that Montag would come across Clarisse again

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Montag discovers that Faber is Clarisse’s uncle

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

a collection of misfits who once lived in the cities and escaped to the country

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the Mechanical Hound and its police escorts

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Mildred and a small group of friends who have escaped the city

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Clarisse and her family

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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

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the police had offered the country people a huge reward if they found Montag

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Montag was still wearing his uniform shirt with his name embroidered on the front

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Beatty had alerted them to be on the watch for Montag

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

they need to end with a bang so the audience will be entertained

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they do not want the citizens to become fearful that a criminal is on the loose

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they are unaware that the Hound is no longer tracking Montag

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they are stretching out the chase so they will not have to show footage of the war

Question 12

Who does the Mechanical Hound kill?

Accepted Answer

a random man

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Beatty

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Montag

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Faber

Question 13

Why is Granger’s statement to Montag (“Welcome back from the dead.”) ironic?

Accepted Answer

although Montag is not literally dead, his old self…his old belief system…is indeed dead

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Granger and the others have been tracking Montag for the past year, believing he may be dead

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it foreshadows Montag’s literal death at the end of the novel

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Montag may not be dead yet, but with a war looming, his days are numbered

Question 14

How do Granger and the others preserve books?

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by memorizing them

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by hiding them

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by printing multiple copies

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by burning them

Question 15

What happened to the city Montag escaped?

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it was flattened by bombs

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it was burned by the firemen

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nothing

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it was destroyed by Granger

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