What's up with DAISY
Understanding the Story
Pt 1
Pt 1
Understanding the Story
Pt 2
Pt 2
What's up with GATSBY
Understanding the Story
Pt 3
Pt 3
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When Nick and Gatsby first arrive at the Buchannan home, what unusual thing does Daisy do?--unusual in that Tom is just in the other room.
Daisy kisses Gatsby!
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2 Part Question
1.What feature of summer overwhelms the Buchanans (and everyone else) as they host Nick and Gatsby at their home?
2. Who is driving the yellow car that hit & killed Myrtle Wilson?
1. The summer HEAT!
2. Daisy Buchanan
100
When Tom, Jordan, and Nick stop for gas at George Wilson's garage, what does George tell Tom?
He needed some money; he and Myrtle are moving out West.
100
Gatsby meets someone at the Buchannan home, someone that he wasn't sure existed. Who is it?
Tom & Daisy's little girl.
100
At the beginning of Ch 7, as Gatsby and Nick arrive at Daisy's house, Tom is talking on the phone to someone. Who is it?
Tom is negotiating the sell of one of his cars.
200
Daisy does something odd at the end of the argument between Tom and Gatsby, as they decide what car to take. What is it?
She rides with Gatsby in his yellow car.
200
When did Tom Buchanan first realize that Daisy had the "hots" for Gatsby?
On the veranda when Daisy looks at Gatsby and says "You always look so cool." (p 91)
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Within an hour of one another, George Wilson and Tom Buchanan discover what uncomfortable truth?
They both realize that their wives have "something" going on, and it's not good!
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What does Gatsby blurt out to Tom in one of the rooms at the Plaza Hotel?
"You're wife doesn't love you," . . . "She's never loved you. She loves me."
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Who said, “I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife."
Tom Buchanan
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Who does Daisy ride home with after the afternoon at the Plaza Hotel? Whose car?
Gatsby; Gatsby's yellow car
300
When Nick, Jordan, Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby go to town, who was in what car?
-Gatsby & Daisy drove Tom's car.
-Tom, Jordan, and Nick drove Gatsby's "circus wagon"
300
What does George Wilson do to ensure that Myrtle goes out West with him?
He locks her in her room.
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Nick writes this about Daisy, right after Gatsby defends himself against Tom's accusations: Gatsby was "denying everything, defending his name against accusations that had not been made. But with every word she was drawing further and further into herself, so he gave that up, and only the dead dream fought on as the afternoon slipped away, trying to touch what was no longer tangible. . . ."
Nick's description of Daisy tells us what?
It's over between Daisy & Gatsby!
300
Nick has a birthday on the day of the group's trip to the city. How old is Nick?
30 years old
400
Jay said that I had a voice that was full of __________.
What is money?
400
By the time Tom and Daisy return home from their trip to the city, Daisy has made her mind up about what?
She will stay with Tom...see'ya Gatsby!!
400
Who does Myrtle Wilson think is in the yellow car as it passes by the garage?
Tom and Daisy (because they were in the car earlier)
400
The color of Gatsby's car?.....the color of Tom's car?
YELLOW.....BLUE
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Where can Gatsby be found after the hit-and-run incident?
Outside of Tom's house, keeping watch over Daisy through the windows.
500
I know Jay didn't like it, but I did it anyway. Those people annoyed me, gossiping and all.
What is "I made Gatsby get rid of his house servants."
500
What makes Myrtle run out into the middle of the road?
She sees the yellow car, which hours earlier had as its occupants Tom, Jordan, and Nick. She takes Jordan to be Tom's wife.
500
According to Tom's investigation of Gatsby, he finds out that Gatsby is, after all, a ____________.
Bootlegger, using his drug stores as a front
500
I hired some house servants, having gotten rid of my old staff. Guess where they came from?
What is "They were referred by Wolfsheim"?
500
What got Tom's attention and made him stop at the wreck sight?
Tom saw folks at George Wilson's garage, the horrified look on their faces.