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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Daisy’s emotional state as the day goes on?
(a) She is excited and happy.
(b) She is cruel and stubborn.
(c) She is resolved and courageous.
(d) She is frightened and despairing.

2. Where did Gatsby live as a boy?
(a) North Dakota.
(b) New York.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) California.

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

4. What does Gatsby find most entrancing about Daisy?
(a) Her smile.
(b) Her lips.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her voice.

5. Why does Nick go outside in the rain during tea?
(a) Nick is angry with Daisy.
(b) Daisy and Nick are angry with him.
(c) Nick is angry with Gatsby.
(d) Daisy and Gatsby no longer see him.

6. What does Gatsby always see at the end of Daisy’s dock?
(a) A green light.
(b) A sailboat.
(c) A red buoy.
(d) A white flag.

7. Where does Nick wait while Gatsby and Daisy talk?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In his car.
(c) Gatsby’s house.
(d) In the rain, under a tree.

8. What is Gatsby’s reaction to the afternoon tea with Daisy?
(a) It is boring.
(b) It is perfect.
(c) It is just as he imagined.
(d) It is a terrible mistake.

9. How does Gatsby amuse himself as he waits for Daisy’s call?
(a) Goes sailing.
(b) Goes for a swim in the pool.
(c) Takes a nap.
(d) Takes a walk around his estate.

10. How does Gatsby meet Dan Cody?
(a) At one of Gatsby’s dinner parties.
(b) Gatsby rows out to Cody’s yacht.
(c) Nick’s home.
(d) The theatre.

11. How has Gatsby’s life been during the years he has been away from Daisy?
(a) Lucid and ordered.
(b) Confused and disordered.
(c) Affluent and ordered.
(d) Carefree and exhilarating.

12. Why is Nick surprised when he enters his living room with Daisy?
(a) It is deserted.
(b) Tom is standing there.
(c) Mrs. Wilson is standing there.
(d) Jordan is sitting in a chair.

13. 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.

14. What were two of Gatsby’s jobs after he left his parent’s home?
(a) Gardener and cook.
(b) Miner and cobbler.
(c) Clam digger and salmon-fisher.
(d) Gambler and gardener.

15. What does Nick tell Gatsby when Gatsby talks about his past with Daisy?
(a) You cannot repeat the past.
(b) Daisy will leave Tom for you.
(c) You and Daisy will bring the past back to life.
(d) You will get Daisy back again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wilson doing in his garage after his wife’s death?

2. Whom does Gatsby call to play the piano for Daisy and Nick?

3. What does Nick realize he must do when he hears a taxi arrive at Gatsby’s at dawn?

4. As Gatsby is about to kiss Daisy for the first time, what does he realize about his life?

5. What did Gatsby learn from living with Cody for five years?

(see the answer keys)

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