1. Page 31 What does it mean, “man whose library we fixed”?
Why is “our” italicized? What is the significance?
Predict: What were the man and Montag discussing in the park?
Why was it disastrous for Montag to use the words, “..once upon a time”?
What does Montag question Captain Beatty about?

2. Page 32 The brass pole shivered- Literary Device? Significance?
What is the orange dragon?
Literary Device- Like a man in a dream? Significance?
What is the significance that Montag forgot his helmet?

3. Page 33 Why was Montag not running like the others?
Why did the author use “grabbed and crashed”?
What literary device: “Play the man, Master Ridley”?
What is the antecedent for the pronoun “Where are they”?

4. Page 34
What does this mean and what does it refer to? “…there was nothing to tease your conscience later”
How is the word “slipped” used in this context?
Literary Device: “like a white pigeon, in his hands”? Significance?
Why would the line blaze in his mind?
Literary Device: “They fell like slaughtered birds”?

5. Page 35 His hand had turned thief- literary device?
Why would Montag be “staggering” after them? What does this word suggest?
Literary Device: Tower of Babel?
Why did the lady shake her head when Beatty said, “Snap out of it…now!”

6. Page 36 Why would they refer to the lady as a fanatic?
Why is Montag pulling at the woman? What does this suggest?
What is the woman getting ready to do?

7. Page 37 Why would the “book pound like a heart against his chest”?
Literary Device: “like the track of some evil snail”? Significance?
What is a synonym for “weigh” in this context?
What is a synonym for contempt?
How was this event different from all the others?
From the interaction at the end of the page, what can we reasonably infer about Captain Beatty?

8. Page 38 Where is Montag now? What has his hand started?
Why would his hands be ravenous?
What do you think the “something, anything, everything” is?

9. Page 39
What do we learn about Mildred and her conversation at the beginning of the page?
Why would Montag cry?
What do we learn about Montag and Mildred’s relationship?

10. Page 40 When he refers to her as Millie- what does this suggest?
What troubles Montag on this page? Why?
Why would he count how many times she swallowed?