<p>Directions: To give you a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of the novel, answer the following questions for Part One on a separate sheet of paper Answer in complete sentences.</p><p>1. At the beginning of the story, how does Montag feel about his job? Give specific examples to support your response.</p><p>2. What is your first impression of Clarisse?</p><p>3. What memory does Montag’s encounter with Clarisse arouse?</p><p>4. What is Montag’s reaction to Clarisse’s question: “Have you ever read any of the books you burn?”</p><p>5. What do Clarisse and Montag argue about? What does Clarisse tell Montag that firemen used to do?</p><p>6. Explain the significance of Clarisse’s speech about “blurs.” Why are billboards 200 feet long?</p><p>7. Why was Clarisse’s uncle arrested? What does this indicate about the society in which they live?</p><p>8. What question finally offends Montag?</p><p>9. What does his encounter with Clarisse remind him of?</p><p>10. What do you think the author meant when he said “How rarely did other people’s faces take of you and throw back to you your own expression, your own innermost trembling thought”? What does this question reveal about Montag’s state of mind?</p>