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

2. What type of people were Gatsby’s parents?
(a) Poor but hard working farmers.
(b) Dependable and successful farmers.
(c) Lazy and poor fishermen.
(d) Shiftless and unsuccessful farmers.

3. What is Wilson doing in his garage after his wife’s death?
(a) Throwing his tools around.
(b) Sitting and rocking.
(c) Pacing the floor.
(d) Packing her clothes.

4. What is the condition of Myrtle Wilson’s sister on the night of the accident?
(a) Hysterical.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Sick.
(d) Drunk.

5. Where does Nick wait while Gatsby and Daisy talk?
(a) In his car.
(b) Gatsby’s house.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the rain, under a tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Gatsby attend the Lutheran college of St. Olaf’s in Minnesota?

2. How is Gatsby feeling when he stands in Nick’s living room with Daisy?

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

4. What does Nick tell Gatsby about his behavior at tea?

5. What is Daisy’s emotional state when Nick comes back into the room?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the significance of the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock?

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

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

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

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

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