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

2. Where does Daisy suggest she and her guests go during the luncheon?
(a) The theatre.
(b) Over to Gatsby’s for a swim.
(c) Town.
(d) Gatsby's boat.

3. What car does Tom want to drive when they all leave the tea party?
(a) Jordan’s car.
(b) Tom’s coupe.
(c) Nick’s car.
(d) Gatsby’s car.

4. How is Gatsby feeling when he stands in Nick’s living room with Daisy?
(a) Distraught.
(b) Nonchalant.
(c) Confident.
(d) Bored.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Daisy’s emotional state as the day goes on?

2. Why does Tom feel panicked when he leaves Wilson’s garage?

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

4. What does Gatsby always see at the end of Daisy’s dock?

5. What does Gatsby say about Daisy’s voice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nick tell Gatsby that he is being rude during the tea with Daisy?

2. What are the three stages of emotion Gatsby experiences on the night he meets Daisy again for the first time?

3. What does Nick say to Gatsby as he is leaving him for the last time?

4. In Chapter 7, why does Nick go over to Gatsby’s mansion to see if Gatsby is sick?

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

8. What is Gatsby’s explanation about going to Oxford when Tom questions him about it?

9. What does Gatsby discover about Daisy when he returns home from Oxford?

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

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