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

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

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

4. What tumultuous event happens not far from Gatsby’s mansion after the party?
(a) One of the guests is in a car accident.
(b) Two of the guests start fighting.
(c) One of the guests gets hit by a car.
(d) One of the guests is robbed.

5. What does Nick see in Gatsby’s smile?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Pride.
(c) Eternal reassurance.
(d) Sarcasm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the rumors about Gatsby that his guests talk about?

2. Why does Gatsby drift toward strangers?

3. Where did Mr. McKee take the two photographs displayed in the downstairs apartment?

4. What arrives from New York to Gatsby’s house every Friday?

5. What does Gatsby want Jordan Baker to ask Nick?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nick see in Gatsby’s smile the first time they meet?

2. Why doesn’t Nick call out to Gatsby when he sees him looking out over the ocean?

3. How did Nick first meet Tom’s mistress, Myrtle Wilson?

4. What are Tom’s views on minority races?

5. What is Myrtle’s opinion of her husband?

6. Describe why Nick likes life in New York.

7. What is Daisy’s emotional and physical condition on the day she married Tom Buchanan?

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

9. How does Nick describe the Valley of Ashes?

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

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