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

2. Who arrives on horseback to Gatsby’s house on a Sunday afternoon while Nick is visiting?
(a) Jordan Baker, Daisy and Lucille.
(b) Tom Buchanan, Jordan Baker and Daisy.
(c) Mr. Sloan, Jordan Baker and a woman.
(d) Tom Buchanan, Mr. Sloan and a woman.

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

4. Where were the first places Cody and Gatsby sailed to after Gatsby was hired by Cody?
(a) California and Alaska.
(b) Africa and Asia.
(c) Hawaii and Alaska.
(d) West Indies and the Barbary Coast.

5. What item does Wilson find wrapped up in the drawer that upsets him?
(a) A letter from Myrtle.
(b) A diamond ring.
(c) A pearl necklace.
(d) An expensive dog leash.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Tom tell Daisy to ride home with?

2. Where does Daisy suggest she and her guests go during the luncheon?

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

4. Who stays with Mr. Wilson until dawn after his wife’s death?

5. What is Gatsby’s response when Daisy asks him how he lives in such a huge house all alone?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

6. Why is Gatsby in a hurry to get home to New York while he is at Oxford?

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

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

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

10. Why does Daisy’s voice entrance Gatsby?

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