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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. Whom does Gatsby call to play the piano for Daisy and Nick?
(a) Dan Cody.
(b) Ewing Klipspringer.
(c) Meyer Wolfsheim.
(d) Jordan Baker.

2. Why does Tom feel panicked when he leaves Wilson’s garage?
(a) He thinks he is losing both his wife and mistress.
(b) He thinks Daisy is in love with Nick.
(c) He cannot steer the car.
(d) He realizes he loves Jordan.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom find out about Gatsby’s drugstores in Chicago?

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

3. Who is driving the car that kills Mrs. Wilson?

4. At the tea, how long has it been since Daisy and Gatsby have seen one another?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy does not understand him the way she used to, what is Nick’s reply?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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