The Hearth and the Salamander – Study Questions
Directions: Please answer the following questions in Google Docs. Your responses are due on Tuesday, 11/1/16 by 8 am.
1. Describe the mechanical hound.
2. What did Montag believe had been done to the hound?
3. Why was Clarisse considered anti-social?
4. Who gave Clarisse most of her information about the way life used to be?
5. Who was Captain Beatty?
6. How did the firemen know which houses had books?
7. What lie did Captain Beatty tell Montag?
8. What did Montag do in the old lady’s attic?
9. Why were the alarms to burn always at night?
10. Why the did the old woman light the match and commit suicide?
11. What happened to Clarisse? Was it an accident?
12. What was Montag afraid Captain Beatty would discover when he came to visit?
13. Why did Captain Beatty believe books should be destroyed?
14. What did Montag show Mildred after the captain had left her house?
The Heart and the Salamander - Vocabulary Words
Directions: Please define the following words on index cards.
Your responses are due on Thursday, 10/27/16 in class.
Stolid
erected
Refracted
proclivities
Imperceptibly
odious
Pulverized
ravenous
Melancholy
pratfall
Capillary
dictum
Multifaceted
noncombustible
Ballistics
tactile
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