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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. What does Nick say to Gatsby about Daisy, Tom, and all their friends?
(a) They are trustworthy friends.
(b) They mean well.
(c) They are a rotten crowd.
(d) They are beautiful people.

2. What rumor does the New York reporter reveal about Gatsby?
(a) Gatsby is a gangster.
(b) Gatsby is an introvert.
(c) Gatsby lives in a boat.
(d) Gatsby is eccentric.

3. Why does Nick think his house is on fire when he returns from his visit with Jordan?
(a) Gatsby’s car headlines shine on Nick’s house.
(b) Every light in Gatsby’s mansion is lit.
(c) Gatsby has a bonfire for his guests.
(d) Gatsby put a spotlight on his lawn.

4. How is Jordan’s voice when she calls Nick at his office?
(a) Dull and quiet.
(b) Excited and friendly.
(c) Harsh and dry.
(d) Fresh and cool.

5. Where are Tom and Daisy when Gatsby returns to her home?
(a) On their wedding trip.
(b) At Jordan Baker’s house.
(c) Waiting for Gatsby at the train.
(d) In Daisy’s house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick tell Gatsby when Gatsby talks about his past with Daisy?

2. What is Gatsby’s financial state when he returns from France?

3. How does Daisy greet Nick when she arrives in her car?

4. What were two of Gatsby’s jobs after he left his parent’s home?

5. What does Gatsby do when he realizes that Nick does not make much money?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Daisy begin crying when Gatsby shows her all his colorful shirts?

2. The morning after Mrs. Wilson’s death, why does Nick jump out of bed and go over to Gatsby’s when he hears a taxi pull into Gatsby’s driveway?

3. Why does Jay Gatsby decide to tell Nick about how Gatsby and Daisy fell in love?

4. How did Dan Cody thank Gatsby for warning him about the storm?

5. What does Daisy do during her tea party after she sends Tom out of the room to make drinks?

6. When does Gatsby change his name from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby, and what event causes the name change?

7. How does Mrs. Wilson get hit by Gatsby’s car and killed?

8. What does Nick think Gatsby is trying to do by trying to recover the past?

9. As time passes while Gatsby is attending Oxford, what does Daisy do?

10. When Daisy, Tom, Jordan, Gatsby and Nick go to the Plaza Hotel after Daisy’s tea party, what confrontation takes place between Gatsby and Tom?

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