Gatsby
(Chapter 3) Gatsby throws fancy parties at his house in West Egg.
What is true?
(Chapter 3) Nick sees Daisy at Gatsby's party.
What is false?
Who is Jordan?
(Chapter 3) Nick was one of the few people actually invited to Gatsby's party.
What is true?
(Chapter 3) Jordan Baker is an honest person.
What is false?
(Chapter 3) This person talks to Gatsby without realizing it is Gatsby?
Who is Nick?
(Chapter 4) Jordan explains to Nick that Gatsby wants him to do this.
--Kill Tom --Bring Daisy to one of Gatsby's parties
--Invite Gatsby to his house while Daisy is there
--Help him find a job
What is Invite Gatsby to his house while Daisy is there?
(Chapter 4) Gatsby shows this to the police officer when he is pulled over.
--A gun --A wallet full of cash
--A white card -- His passport
What is A white card?
(Chapter 5) This person is invited to afternoon tea at Nick's house.
--Jordan --Tom
--Wolfsheim --Daisy
Who is Daisy?
(Chapter 4) At the end of chapter 4, Jordan explains this to Nick.
--Why she secretly loves Gatsby.
--Why she loves Nick.
--Gatsby and Daisy's past.
--Why Daisy is her closest friend.
What is Gatsby and Daisy's past?
(Chapter 4) Gatsby tells Nick he is from this city.
--Minneapolis --Oxford
--Louisville --San Francisco
What is San Francisco?
(Chapter 5) These two people are left alone at the end of chapter 5.
--Gatsby and Nick --Daisy and Gatsby
--Nick and Daisy
Who are Daisy and Gatsby?
(Chapter 4) This causes Nick to believe that Gatsby might have acquired his money illegally.
--He meets the shady figure Wolfshiem.
--He sees Gatsby cleaning a gun.
--Gatsby asks Nick to deliver "a package."
--He notices a detective following Gatsby.
What is He meets the shady figure Wolfshiem?
(Chapter 5) Gatsby provides Nick with these on the day Daisy is to come over for tea.
--A butler and a maid --Keys to the mansion and car
--Flowers and someone to cut his grass
What are Flowers and someone to cut his grass?
(Chapter 4) Jordan explains that this is not a coincidence.
--Nick moving East.
--Gatsby buying a house right across the bay from Daisy.
--Jordan beating Nick at tennis.
--Daisy knowing about Tom's affair.
What is Gatsby buying a house right across the bay from Daisy.
(Chapter 5) The vocabulary word in bold means Gatsby does this in the quote below.
"Gatsby, his hands still in his pockets, was reclining against the mantelpiece in a strained counterfeit of perfect ease, even of boredom."
--Gatsby is imitating being comfortable when he is actually nervous.
--Gatsby is selling a fake mantelpiece to Nick.
--Gatsby is imitating being nervous when he is actually comfortable.
What is Gatsby is imitating being comfortable when he is actually nervous?
(Chapter 5) The vocabulary word in bold means Gatsby feels this because of Daisy.
"He literally glowed; without a word or a gesture of exultation a new well-being radiated from him and filled the little room."
--Gatsby feels upset because of his reconnection with Daisy.
--Gatsby feels joy because of his reconnection with Daisy.
--Gatsby feels indifferent because of his reconnection with Daisy.
What is Gatsby feels joy because of his reconnection with Daisy.
(Chapter 4) The vocabulary word in bold means Nick does this in the quote below.
"With an effort I managed to restrain my incredulous laughter."
--Nick holds back his laugh because he believes Gatsby's story about Europe.
--Nick holds back his laugh because he does not believe Gatsby's story about Europe.
--Nick holds back his laugh because he was with Gatsby in Europe.
What is Nick holds back his laugh because he does not believe Gatsby's story about Europe?
(Chapter 4) The vocabulary word in bold means Nick does this in the quote below.
"A little overwhelmed, I began the generalized evasions which that question well deserves."
--Nick is eager to answer Gatsby's question.
--Nick is attempting to avoid answering Gatsby's question.
--Nick is tired of Gatsby asking him question.
What is Nick is attempting to avoid answering Gatsby's question.
(Chapter 3) The vocabulary word in bold means Jordan does this in the quote below.
"The bored haughty face that she turned to the world concealed something--most affectations conceal something eventually, even though they don't in the beginning--and one day I found what it was."
--Jordan hides some of her true nature by acting uninterested.
--Jordan chooses not to show her affection others, only Nick.
--Jordan speaks her mind and does not act differently.
What is Jordan hides some of her true nature by acting uninterested?
(Chapter 3) This answer best describes Nick's feelings about Gatsby from the following quote.
"But young men didn't--at least in my provincial inexperience I believed they didn't--drift coolly out of nowhere and buy a palace on Long Island Sound."
--Nick thinks that Gatsby is cool for having a giant house.
--Nick is curious about the mystery of Gatsby's background.
--Nick believes the rumors about Gatsby are true.
What is Nick is curious about the mystery of Gatsby's background?
(Chapter 4) This can be inferred from the following quote from the night before Daisy and Tom's wedding.
"she...pulled out the string of pearls. 'Take 'em downstairs and give 'em back to whoever they belong to. Tell 'em all Daisy's change' her mine.'"
--Daisy changed her mind about wanting to marry Tom.
--Daisy wanted the pearls to go back to the original owner.
--Daisy did not want Jordan to be part of the wedding.
What is Daisy changed her mind about wanting to marry Tom?
(Chapter 4) This answer best describes Nick's encounter with Wolfshiem in the following quote.
"'I see you're looking at my cuff buttons.' I hadn't been looking at them, but I did now. They were the composed of oddly familiar pieces of ivory. 'Finest specimens of human molars,' he informed me."
--Wolfshiem is a dentist who takes great pride in his line of work.
--Wolfshiem is a hit man who works for Gatsby and keeps people's teeth.
--Wolfshiem is an odd fellow who surprised Nick throughout their lunch.
What is Wolfshiem is an odd fellow who surprised Nick throughout their lunch?
(Chapter 5) The following quote shows this about Gatsby.
"'I want to get the grass cut," he said. We both looked at the grass--there was a sharp line where my ragged lawn ended and the darker, well-kept expanse of his began. I suspected that he meant my grass.
--Gatsby likes to have a good looking yard.
--Gatsby is concerned about appearances.
--Gatsby wants Nick to feel good about being a host.
What is Gatsby is concerned about appearances?
(Chapter 3) The following quote shows this about Nick and Jordan's relationship.
"...for a moment I thought I loved her. But I am slow-thinking and full of interior rules that act as brakes on my desires, and I knew that first I had to get myself definitely out of that tangle back home."
--Nick wants to go home and leave his relationship with Jordan behind.
--Nick loves Jordan but wants them both to date other people.
--Nick is involved with another woman and must break up with her before his relationship with Jordan becomes serious.
What is Nick is involved with another woman and must break up with her before his relationship with Jordan becomes serious?