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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 Gatsby say about Daisy’s voice?
(a) It is full of money
(b) It is soothing.
(c) It is like a whisper.
(d) It is shrill.

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

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

4. What does Nick see as he looks through Daisy and Tom’s window?
(a) They are intimately holding hands.
(b) They are dancing.
(c) They are sitting at opposite sides of the room.
(d) They are arguing.

5. What does Tom hear Daisy telling Gatsby?
(a) She wants him to leave.
(b) She loves him.
(c) She wishes she had his money.
(d) She is angry with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Mr. Wilson plan on keeping his wife locked up above his car repair business?

2. What gives Gatsby an outlet for his turbulent heart as a young man?

3. What is Gatsby’s financial state when he returns from France?

4. What car does Tom want to drive when they all leave the tea party?

5. Why can’t Nick get through to Gatsby on the phone after his conversation with Jordan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What becomes of Gatsby and Mr. Wilson at the end of Chapter 8?

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

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

4. Why does Daisy’s voice entrance Gatsby?

5. Why is Tom feeling panicked as he and Nick drive away from Wilson’s garage in Chapter 7?

6. Why does Mr. Wilson want to buy Tom’s car?

7. What happened to Gatsby’s mind the first time he kissed Daisy?

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

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

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

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