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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Nick finds out Miss Baker’s name is Jordan, where does he remember seeing her before?
(a) In his mother’s photo album.
(b) Sports pictures from Asheville, Hot Springs and Palm Beach.
(c) At the bank where he works.
(d) Newspaper gossip columns from the Midwest.

2. 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.

3. What does Nick realize as Gatsby continues telling him about his past?
(a) Gatsby has an interesting past.
(b) Gatsby is being truthful.
(c) Gatsby’s life is boring.
(d) Gatsby is lying.

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

5. How does Catherine feel about Gatsby?
(a) She is afraid of him.
(b) She thinks he is selfish.
(c) She is falling in love with him.
(d) She finds him boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jordan’s escort to Gatsby’s party?

2. As the young ladies talk, what do they say happened when a man found out Gatsby was the nephew of Von Hindenburg and second cousin to the devil?

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

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

5. How do Tom’s acquaintances feel about him bringing a mistress to popular restaurants?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are three of the stories Nick hears about Gatsby’s past while he is at Gatsby’s mansion?

2. Where does Nick Carraway move to when he finds a job in his chosen profession?

3. What is the request that Gatsby asks Jordan to make to Nick?

4. What does Jordan Baker tell Nick about Daisy when they meet for tea at the Plaza Hotel?

5. How does Myrtle Wilson come to own an Airedale puppy?

6. Why did Gatsby buy his house in West Egg?

7. What do Nick and Gatsby talk about the first time they meet at Gatsby’s party?

8. What does the narrator, Nick Carraway, reveal in the first chapter about how he judges other people?

9. What fascinates Nick on summer nights as he looks across at Gatsby’s mansion?

10. What does Gatsby tell Nick about his life as they drive to lunch?

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