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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
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The narrator whose father told him to reserve his judgments.
Who is Nick Carraway?
100
Owner of the car garage in the Valley of Ashes.
Who is George Wilson?
100
While they look identical, these two places house two different "breeds" of people, one being more fashionable than the other.
What is East Egg and West Egg?
100
"A fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens..."
What is the Valley of Ashes?
100
Gatsby recognizes Nick from this event in their past.
What is the war?
200
Nick's second cousin, once removed.
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
200
Mistress to Tom who "carried her surplus flesh sensuously."
Who is Myrtle Wilson?
200
Nick comes from this part of the country.
What is the Midwest?
200
The place where Tom and Nick stop in the Valley of Ashes.
What is George Wilson's garage?
200
Gatsby invites Nick to one of his parties by doing this.
What is sending a chauffeur to his house with an invitation?
300
"A great big hulking physical specimen..."
Who is Tom Buchanan?
300
A pair of giant blue eyes with yellow glasses on a billboard; represents God.
Who is Dr. T. J. Eckleburg?
300
Tom reads and discusses with Nick a book entitled 'The Rise of the Colored Empires' about this topic.
What is white supremacy (or racism)
300
Myrtle traveled in this to avoid being seen.
What is a separate train car?
300
Nick finally meets Gatsby at this person's house.
What is GATSBY's house (during the party)
400
Daisy wants to fix this character up with Nick.
Who is Jordan Baker?
400
Couple living in the apartment below Tom and Myrtle's apartment.
Who are the McKees?
400
This could represent Gatsby's desire for the one thing he is near but cannot have. (a symbol)
What is the green dock light?
400
Once in town, Tom bought this for Myrtle.
What is A DOG.
400
"Owl-eyes," as Nick calls him, at first thinks Gatsby's _________ are fake and made out of cardboard. He realizes later that they are real.
What are the books in Gatsby's library?
500
The only man who is "exempt from [Nick's] reaction."
Who is Gatsby?
500
Sister to Myrtle who claims Tom and Myrtle "can't stand the person they're married to."
Who is Catherine?
500
Daisy wants her daughter to be this.
What is "a beautiful little fool"?
500
Tom break's Myrtle's nose because of this.
What is Myrtle keeps saying Daisy's name?
500
Nick hears several pieces of gossip about Gatsby at the party in chapter 3. List at least 3 of them.
What is he may have killed a man once, he was a German spy, he was in the American army during the war, he graduated from Oxford, he is part of an underground bootlegging operation...?