The Great Gatsby Ch. 7-9 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Why Fitzgerald links the behavior of the characters to the hottest day of the summer -
CORRECT ANSWER - It was hot and they were angry
When Gatsby briefly meets Daisy's little girl, he is somewhat unnerved. Symbolically, what does
the little girl represent? - CORRECT ANSWER - how irresponsible Daisy is
What causes Tom to realize that his wife has been having an affair with Gatsby? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Daisy and Gatsby make eye contact
What does Gatsby understand about Daisy's voice that Nick does not? - CORRECT
ANSWER - It is full of money/the American dream
Describe the driving arrangement that brings five characters into the city. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Jordan, Nick, and Tom take Gatsby's yellow car while Daisy and Gatsby take
Tom's blue coupé.
Why Tom decides to let Wilson finally have the car he has been promising him - CORRECT
ANSWER - he feels guilty
What indication is there at this point that, in Myrtle's mind anyway, Tom has been more than a
fling? - CORRECT ANSWER - she's jealous
Besides Myrtle's, what other eyes "kept their vigil" on the activities along the roadway? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Dr. T.J. Eckleberg
As always, there is a grain of truth in what Gatsby says. In what sense is he an Oxford man? -
CORRECT ANSWER - he went to college there for 5 months
, Daisy says that Tom is "revolting." To what is she referring? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Because Tom's saying that Daisy can't leave him but yet he cheated on her so many times. She's
had it with the sickening affairs and the "sprees".
Why does Daisy have a tough time saying, as Gatsby wishes, that she never loved Tom? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Because at one point she did love Tom, and Gatsby. She's also
afraid that once she says she never loved Tom she will be Gatsby's permanently.
Why is it important to Gatsby that Daisy say she never loved Tom, only him? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Because Gatsby wants to erase the past and pretend Daisy never wanted Tom
so they can get married and move on.
How has Gatsby gotten some of his money, and what does Tom say that startles Gatsby? -
CORRECT ANSWER - He and Wolsheim bought a lot of streetside drug stores and sold
grain alcohol over the counter. Tom also says Gatsby has something big going on but Walter
Chase won't tell him because he's afraid Wolfsheim will kill him.
What is Daisy's reaction to this news? - CORRECT ANSWER - She stares terrified
between Gatsby and her husband and she starts to withdraw into herself. She's never seen this
side of Gatsby before and it scares her.
Describe the hit-and-run scene - CORRECT ANSWER - Myrtle got hit....?
Why does Tom make the point to Wilson that he just drove the coupe from New York and the
yellow car is not his? - CORRECT ANSWER - Because he's afraid that Wilson will
remember that Tom was in the yellow car earlier and think that he killed Myrtle. He wants to
make sure Wilson doesn't suspect him or think he did it.
What indication is there that Tom really is fond of Myrtle? - CORRECT ANSWER - He
cries
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Why Fitzgerald links the behavior of the characters to the hottest day of the summer -
CORRECT ANSWER - It was hot and they were angry
When Gatsby briefly meets Daisy's little girl, he is somewhat unnerved. Symbolically, what does
the little girl represent? - CORRECT ANSWER - how irresponsible Daisy is
What causes Tom to realize that his wife has been having an affair with Gatsby? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Daisy and Gatsby make eye contact
What does Gatsby understand about Daisy's voice that Nick does not? - CORRECT
ANSWER - It is full of money/the American dream
Describe the driving arrangement that brings five characters into the city. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Jordan, Nick, and Tom take Gatsby's yellow car while Daisy and Gatsby take
Tom's blue coupé.
Why Tom decides to let Wilson finally have the car he has been promising him - CORRECT
ANSWER - he feels guilty
What indication is there at this point that, in Myrtle's mind anyway, Tom has been more than a
fling? - CORRECT ANSWER - she's jealous
Besides Myrtle's, what other eyes "kept their vigil" on the activities along the roadway? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Dr. T.J. Eckleberg
As always, there is a grain of truth in what Gatsby says. In what sense is he an Oxford man? -
CORRECT ANSWER - he went to college there for 5 months
, Daisy says that Tom is "revolting." To what is she referring? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Because Tom's saying that Daisy can't leave him but yet he cheated on her so many times. She's
had it with the sickening affairs and the "sprees".
Why does Daisy have a tough time saying, as Gatsby wishes, that she never loved Tom? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Because at one point she did love Tom, and Gatsby. She's also
afraid that once she says she never loved Tom she will be Gatsby's permanently.
Why is it important to Gatsby that Daisy say she never loved Tom, only him? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Because Gatsby wants to erase the past and pretend Daisy never wanted Tom
so they can get married and move on.
How has Gatsby gotten some of his money, and what does Tom say that startles Gatsby? -
CORRECT ANSWER - He and Wolsheim bought a lot of streetside drug stores and sold
grain alcohol over the counter. Tom also says Gatsby has something big going on but Walter
Chase won't tell him because he's afraid Wolfsheim will kill him.
What is Daisy's reaction to this news? - CORRECT ANSWER - She stares terrified
between Gatsby and her husband and she starts to withdraw into herself. She's never seen this
side of Gatsby before and it scares her.
Describe the hit-and-run scene - CORRECT ANSWER - Myrtle got hit....?
Why does Tom make the point to Wilson that he just drove the coupe from New York and the
yellow car is not his? - CORRECT ANSWER - Because he's afraid that Wilson will
remember that Tom was in the yellow car earlier and think that he killed Myrtle. He wants to
make sure Wilson doesn't suspect him or think he did it.
What indication is there that Tom really is fond of Myrtle? - CORRECT ANSWER - He
cries
