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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 mean well.
(b) They are beautiful people.
(c) They are a rotten crowd.
(d) They are trustworthy friends.

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

3. At the tea, how long has it been since Daisy and Gatsby have seen one another?
(a) Five days.
(b) Five years.
(c) Five weeks.
(d) Five months.

4. What does Nick tell Gatsby about his behavior at tea?
(a) Gatsby is the perfect guest.
(b) Gatsby is immature and rude.
(c) Gatsby is a gentleman.
(d) Gatsby is obnoxious.

5. What does Nick discover when he rushes to Gatsby’s house?
(a) Gatsby and Tom are dead.
(b) Gatsby and his butler are dead.
(c) Gatsby and Jordan are dead.
(d) Gatsby and Wilson are dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gatsby find most entrancing about Daisy?

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

3. What is one of the last things Mr. Wilson says to Myrtle?

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

5. What item does Wilson find wrapped up in the drawer that upsets him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Nick returns to his house after meeting with Jordan, why does he think his house is on fire?

3. When Nick arrives at Gatsby’s Saturday night party in Chapter 6, how does he describe the atmosphere?

4. 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?

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

6. What is Gatsby’s reply when Daisy asks him how he lives in such a large house all alone?

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

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

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

10. Why does Daisy’s voice entrance Gatsby?

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