Firemen
Instead of putting out fires, the firemen's primary duty is to do this to houses containing contraband.
What is burn them?
What Montag realizes about himself after Clarrise talks to him.
What is he's not happy
The object Montag kicks in the dark bedroom that leads him to discover Mildred’s overdose.
What is an empty bottle of sleeping pills?
The peculiar question Clarisse asks Montag at the very end of their first walk that upsets him.
What is "Are you happy?"
The small, radio-frequency electronic devices Mildred keeps plugged into her ears day and night.
What are Seashell radios
The symbolic number emblazoned on Montag's helmet and fire-engine jacket
What is 451?
Montag looks up at this specific architectural feature in his hallway
What is ventilator grill
The two mundane, non-medical technicians who arrive with machines to pump Mildred's stomach.
Who are handymen?
The color of the dress Clarisse is wearing when Montag first encounters her.
What is white
The description of the mechanical, eight-legged surveillance tool at the firehouse that threatens Montag.
What is the Mechanical Hound
The official symbol worn on the firemen's chests, representing a creature believed in mythology to live in or withstand fire.
What is a salamander?
Military vehicles screaming overhead in the novel foreshadows what.
What is cities destruction
Mildred’s constant companions that she listens to through "Seashell" radio thimbles in her ears.
What are audio-tapes or radio chatter?
The dandelion test Clarisse tries on Montag to see if he fits this description
What is being in love
This fluid or substance is mathematically injected into a victim by the Mechanical Hound.
What is procaine
According to the official firemen's rules, this historical figure was the first American fireman.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Beatty knew about Mr. Ridley which means he is what
What is educated
How Mildred acts the next morning when Montag brings up her near-fatal overdose.
What is completely denying it/claiming she'd never do that because they had a wild party?
Unlike everyone else in her society, Clarisse’s family does this strange thing that makes them social outliers.
What is talk with each other
Why billboards in this society have to be astonishingly long
What is because cars drive by so fast that short signs can't be read
Montag says that this substance never washes off completely, comparing its lingering scent to his guilt.
What is kerosene?
Montag's sudden realization about his own hands after stealing the book from the attic where the old woman's library burened
What is that his hands had acted on their own.
Mildred’s obsession on the interactive TV screen setup that she considers her virtual "family".
What are the relatives/the television parlor scripts/the play script where she gets a part?
Clarisse claims she is afraid of children her own age because they do this to one another.
What is beat each other up
The general attitude toward traffic safety, walking, and architecture regarding speed.
What is going slow or observing nature is considered dangerous