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    This study guide provides questions to assess comprehension of key events and ideas from the section of Fahrenheit 451 titled "The Hearth and The Salamander". It includes 57 questions about characters, plot points, and themes as well as terms to define from the reading. Students are asked to answer the questions, define vocabulary words, and characterize important characters like Guy Montag, his wife Mildred, Clarisse McClellan, and Captain Beatty.

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    Study Guide For Fahrenheit 451: "The Hearth and The Salamander"

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    Name_______________________ 

    Class Period__________________ 
     

    Study Guide for Fahrenheit 451: “The Hearth and The Salamander” 
    I. VOCABULARY: Be able to define the following words and understand them when they 
    appear in the story. 
    hearth________________________________________________________________________ 
    salamander____________________________________________________________________ 
    kerosene______________________________________________________________________ 
    luxuriously ____________________________________________________________________ 
    prior _________________________________________________________________________ 
    compress_____________________________________________________________________ 
    hypnotize_____________________________________________________________________ 
    marionette_____________________________________________________________________ 
    thimble______________________________________________________________________ 
    distill________________________________________________________________________ 
    gush_________________________________________________________________________ 
    exotic________________________________________________________________________ 
    phoenix_______________________________________________________________________ 
    capillary_______________________________________________________________________ 
    proclivity______________________________________________________________________ 
    cellophane_____________________________________________________________________ 
    asylum _______________________________________________________________________ 
    odious ________________________________________________________________________ 
    flourish _______________________________________________________________________ 
    cacophony ____________________________________________________________________ 
    pantomime ____________________________________________________________________ 
    centrifuge _____________________________________________________________________ 
    incinerator ____________________________________________________________________ 
       
    II. QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. 
     
    Pg. 1 
    1. What do firemen do in the world of Fahrenheit 
    451? 
    2. What is written on the firemen’s helmets? 
     
    Pg. 4 
    3. What are the two professional symbols that 
    Montag wears? 
    4. What does Montag say he always smells like? 
    5. Who does Montag run into on his way home? 
     
    Pg. 5 
    6. Why is it ironic that so many people are afraid of 
    firemen? 
     
    Pg. 8  
    7. How do the doors work? 
     
    Pg. 10-11 
    8. What is etched on Montag’s igniter? 
    9. What did Montag hit with his foot? 
    10. What is Montag’s wife’s name? 
     
    Pgs. 12-13 
    11. What are the two machines being used on 
    Montag’s wife? What do they do? 
    12. Where does the laughter that Montag hears come 
    from? 
     
     
     
    Pgs. 16-17 
    13. Explain Montag’s toaster. What does it do? 
    14. What did Mildred have in her ears? 
    15. What did Mildred remember of the night before? 
    Or what did she pretend to remember? 
    16. What kind of program is Mildred going to watch 
    in the afternoon? 
    17. Explain Montag’s television. What does Mildred 
    want for the television that Montag claims they 
    cannot afford? 
     
    Pgs. 19-21  
    18. What does Clarisse rub under her chin? Why? 
    19. What does Clarisse’s psychiatrist want to know? 
    20. According to Clarisse, how is Montag “not like 
    the others”? 
     
    Pgs. 21-23 
    21. Describe the Mechanical Hound. 
    22. What do the firemen bet on dull nights? 
    23. What happens when Montag touches the muzzle 
    of the Mechanical Hound? 
    24. How did Montag escape the Hound and get to 
    the upper level of the firehouse? 
     
    Pgs. 24-25 
    25. What is Montag’s theory on why the Hound 
    reacted the way it did? 
    26. How many times before had the Hound reacted 
    this way toward Montag? 
     
    Pgs. 24 - 28  
    27. Why has Montag never had any children? 
    28. What is different about Montag’s laugh? 
    29. Explain a school day in the world of Fahrenheit 
    451. 
    30. Why does Clarisse find it odd that people find 
    her to be antisocial? 
    31. Name one thing that Clarisse talks about that is 
    different today than in the past. 
    32. What did the radio in the firehouse say? 
     
    pgs. 31 – 32  
    33. What happens to people that try to fool the 
    government? 
    34. Why was Montag foolish to use the phrase 
    “Once upon a time”? 
    35. What is the history of Firemen of America? 
    36. How is the fire engine described? 
     
    Pgs. 33 – 37 
    37. What was different at Mrs. Blake’s? What did 
    Montag not like about the way things were being 
    done? 
    38. What does Montag do with the book that lands in 
    his hand? 
    39. What does Beatty say to Mrs. Blake about the 
    books? 
    40. Who started the fire at Mrs. Blake’s house? 
    41. What piece of information does Beatty share 
    with Montag that refers back to something Mrs. 
    Blake had said? 
     
    Pgs. 40- 43 
    42. What question does Montag ask his wife when 
    he finally talks to her? 
    43. What does Montag cry about? 
    44. What does Montag notice about the television 
    shows? 
     
    Pgs. 44 - 50  
    45. What does Mildred say about Clarisse to 
    Montag? 
    46. What did Montag imagine being outside his 
    window? 
    47. What excuse is Montag trying to use to avoid 
    going to work? 
    48. Why does Montag not want to go to work 
    anymore? What are some revelations he has 
    had? 
    49. Who comes to visit Montag? 
     
    Pgs. 53 – 56  
    50. What does Mildred find behind Montag’s 
    pillow? 
    51. What word became a swear word? 
     
    Pgs. 57 – 65 
    52. Why does society lower the kindergarten age 
    year after year? 
    53. According to Captain Beatty, if you don’t want a 
    man unhappy politically, what do you do? 
    54. What does Beatty say about firemen taking 
    books? 
    55. According to Clarisse’s uncle, why did the 
    architects get rid of front porches? 
    56. About how many books had Montag hidden in 
    the ventilator? 
    57. What happens right before Montag and Mildred 
    begin to read the books? 
       
    IV. CHARACTERS: write a brief characterization of the main characters in this section of the book. 
    Include physical description if they are available, the way the characters act, their relationship to other 
    characters, and/or how they function in the story. 
    Guy Montag: 
     
     
     
    Mildred Montag: 
     
     
     
    Clarisse McClellan: 
     
     
     
     
    Captain Beatty: 

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