Study Guide Questions
1. How has Beatty given Montag hints that he is under suspicion?

Beaty has given Montag hints that he is under suspicion because he sent the mechanical hound to Montag's house.

2. Who must have brought the books back from the garden?

Mildred must have brought the books back from the garden so that they would not be found.

3. Who (3) TURNED IN AN ALARM AGAINST Montag?

The three women who were Mildred's friends turned Montag in after he read them a poem which moved them so deeply they began to cry.

4.  What happened to Montag�s green bullet?

Montag's green bullet flies out of his ear and is retrieved by Beaty who threatens to trace it.

5.  Why did Montag burn Beatty's body?

Montag burned Beaty's body so that Faber doesn't get into any trouble.  He also does it because Beaty was continously and purposely getting Montag mad.

6.  What is Montag�s plan to escape?

Montag's plan to escape is to first meet with Faber, then follow the river and finally to follow the railroad tracks.

7.  How much money did Montag give Faber?

Montag gave Faber fifty dollars.

8.  How many scents can the mechanical hound remember?

The mechanical hound can remember 10,000 scents.

9.  Why did Montag want Faber to turn on the air conditioning and sprinklers?

Montag wanted Faber to turn on the air conditioning and sprinklers so that his scent would be gone.  He didn't want Faber to get into any trouble with the hound.

10. Interpret �Twenty million Montag's running, soon, if the cameras caught him.�

This basically meant that there were a lot of people like Montag running around in the streets.

11. Why did the search for Montag veer inland?

The search for Montag veered inland because the police wanted the search to end quickly.  This would show the viewers how efficient they were.

12. Who died in Montag�s place?

Some other guy died in Montag's place who was wanted.

13. What did Granger mean by �Welcome back from the dead.�

Granger said this sarcastically because on TV they showed Montag dieing who was really some other random guy, but Montag was sitting right besides Granger.

14. When Granger and other like minded people are stopped by authorities, why isn�t any incriminating evidence found?

No incriminating evidence is found because those people had books memorized and they had no material evidence.

15. Do you have a sense that there are other �book chapters� in other towns.  What �proof do you have?

Yes, because Granger talks about other people who have memorized the books.

16. What does Granger mean by his quote �You�re not important.  You�re not anything.�?

It means that he is not the only one who has stood for these powerful books and that he does not need his pride to be involved in this.
 

17. Explain the last implications of the events in the last 4-5 pages.

The last implication of the events were dealing with the symbolism of the Pheonix.  The Pheonix would burn itself and then come back to life just like the human race.  In the book the city had been bombed and now had to come back to life.  They never learned from their mistakes.
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