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Who is the narrator? - ANSWER - Nick
Where is he from? - ANSWER - Minnesota
When did Nick arrive in New York? - ANSWER - the summer of 1922
Why? - ANSWER - to work in the bond business
Where did he rent a house? - ANSWER - a part of Long Island called West Egg
Who is his neighbor? - ANSWER - Gatsby
How is Nick different from his West Egg neighbors? - ANSWER - he has graduated
from Yale and has connections on the East Egg
Why does Nick travel to the East Egg? - ANSWER - to have dinner with his cousin,
Daisy, and her husband, Tom
How do Nick and Tom know each other? - ANSWER - Tom was a member of Nick's
social club at Yale
What does Nick see when he looks at the water? - ANSWER - a distant green light
What book does Tom bring up to interest the others? - ANSWER - The Rise of the
Colored Empires
, Who wrote it? - ANSWER - Goddard
What is the book about? - ANSWER - racist, white-supremicist attitudes
Why does Daisy want her daughter to be a fool? - ANSWER - she thinks women live
best as fools
Who is watching everything going on in the valley of the ashes? - ANSWER - Doctor
T.J. Eckleburg
Who is Daisy sitting inside with? - ANSWER - her friend, Jordan Baker
What is her job? - ANSWER - a competitive golfer
What is her attitude? - ANSWER - she seems bored
When Tom leaves to answer his phone, who does Jordan tell Nick it is? - ANSWER -
his lover in New York
Why does Jordan want to go to bed? - ANSWER - she has a golf tournament the next
day
What do Tom and Daisy hint at Nick as he tries to leave? - ANSWER - to start dating
Jordan
When he arrives home, who does Nick see? - ANSWER - Gatsby
What is he doing? - ANSWER - standing on the lawn with his arms reaching out
towards the water
Where does Tom take Nick? - ANSWER - George Wilson's garage