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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What arrives from New York to Gatsby’s house every Friday?
(a) Five crates of apples and pears.
(b) Five crates of oranges and lemons.
(c) Five crates of bananas and oranges.
(d) Five crates of bananas and limes.

2. How do Tom’s acquaintances feel about him bringing a mistress to popular restaurants?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Hilarity.

3. What is Tom’s response when Nick asks if Mr. Wilson objects to Tom seeing Mrs. Wilson?
(a) Her husband has an open mind.
(b) Her husband is too dumb to even know she is alive.
(c) Her husband has his own mistress.
(d) Her husband does not care what she does.

4. What do the two girls in yellow say to Jordan when they see her at Gatsby’s party?
(a) They ask her to introduce them to Nick.
(b) They congratulate her for winning the golf tournament.
(c) They tell her that she looks stunning.
(d) They say that they are sorry she did not win her golf tournament.

5. What infamous 1919 event was Mr. Wolfsheim involved with?
(a) Killing his business partner.
(b) Fixing the World Series.
(c) Killing his wife.
(d) Abandoning his children.

6. Why does Nick decide not to call out to Gatsby when he sees him standing outside?
(a) Gatsby seems content to be alone.
(b) Gatsby looks distraught.
(c) Gatsby looks annoyed by something.
(d) A young lady joins Gatsby.

7. How does the narrator describe his cousin’s face?
(a) Aged and lonely.
(b) Humorless.
(c) Happy and bright.
(d) Sad and lovely.

8. Which of the following adjectives best describes Mr. Wilson?
(a) Aggressive.
(b) Outgoing.
(c) Spiritless.
(d) Jubilant.

9. What comment does the stout, middle-aged man that Nick and Jordan meet in the library say about Gatsby’s books?
(a) All the books are real.
(b) Every book is the same.
(c) All the books are written in a foreign language.
(d) The books have no pages.

10. What is Daisy’s reaction when she hears that she gave birth to a little girl?
(a) She says that she knows her baby will grow up to be brilliant.
(b) She says it is the happiest day of her life.
(c) She claps her hands with joy.
(d) She cries and says that she hopes her baby grows up to be a fool.

11. What view does the narrator have from his new home?
(a) An elementary school and a bus stop.
(b) A wharf with fishing boats coming and going.
(c) City lights and traffic.
(d) The water, his neighbor’s lawn and the mansions of millionaires.

12. Who was the man that stayed over at Gatsby’s so often that he became known as “the boarder”?
(a) Snell
(b) Klipspringer
(c) Wilson
(d) Endive

13. What does Nick call the desolate area where the road meets the railroad and is located between West Egg and New York?
(a) Land of ash.
(b) Gray gardens.
(c) Valley of ashes.
(d) Valley of sadness.

14. What does Catherine confide to Nick regarding Myrtle and Tom?
(a) They should get married.
(b) They should be ashamed of their unfaithfulness.
(c) They should stop seeing one another.
(d) They should continue their current arrangement.

15. How does Nick feel when he senses Daisy’s insincerity and sees the smirk on her face?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Uneasy.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. While talking to Nick, what does Gatsby reveal about his family?

2. How does Nick feel as he walks among the affluent guests at Gatsby’s mansion?

3. What is Gatsby doing the first time Nick sees him?

4. How does Nick remember years later, the celebrities and other affluent people who visited Gatsby’s mansion in the summer of 1922?

5. What does Myrtle Wilson buy from an old man as she waits in a taxicab in New York City?

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