Character Descriptions Relationships Quotes & Symbols Plot PointsInferences Past Present Future

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS How does the narrator describe Gatsby? Answer

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS Describe Tom. What is our impression of him in chapter 1? Answer

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS What kind of person is Daisy? Answer

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS How is Gatsby introduced into the novel? Answer

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS Identify Myrtle and George Wilson. Answer

RELATIONSHIPS How does Nick know Tom and Daisy? Answer

RELATIONSHIPS How does Nick meet Gatsby for the first time? Answer

RELATIONSHIPS What does Nick say about people like Daisy and Tom? Answer

RELATIONSHIPS What “matter” did Gatsby have Jordan discuss with Nick in the beginning of the book? Answer

RELATIONSHIPS What does Jordan tell Nick about Daisy, Gatsby, and Tom? Answer

QUOTES AND SYMBOLS When asked about her daughter, what does Daisy say? Answer

QUOTES AND SYMBOLS What is the “Valley of Ashes”? Answer

QUOTES AND SYMBOLS What are the “eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg”? Answer

QUOTES AND SYMBOLS What does the green light on the dock mean to Gatsby? Answer

QUOTES AND SYMBOLS Explain this quote: “The vitality of his illusion had gone beyond Daisy—beyond everything.” Answer

PLOT POINTS What happens on the way home from New York towards the end of the novel? Answer

PLOT POINTS Where did they go in Chapter 2? (What was at 158 th Street?) Answer

PLOT POINTS What did Tom do to Myrtle when she mentioned Daisy’s name? Answer

PLOT POINTS What is Tom’s reaction to Myrtle’s death. Answer

PLOT POINTS Describe the meeting between Daisy and Gatsby. Answer

INFERENCES What kind of people come to Gatsby’s parties? Answer

INFERENCES Why did Nick Carraway go to the party for the first time? Answer

INFERENCES What was Gatsby’s reaction to seeing Daisy’s child? Answer

INFERENCES After Tom confronts Gatsby about the relationship between him and Daisy, how does Daisy react to both men? Answer

INFERENCES Why is the book that Gatsby’s father shows Nick important to the novel? What does it say about Gatsby’s character? Answer

PAST PRESENT FUTURE From where did the narrator come from, and why? Answer

PAST PRESENT FUTURE What is Gatsby’s real name and where is he from? Answer

PAST PRESENT FUTURE What did Dan Cody do for Gatsby? Answer

PAST PRESENT FUTURE What does Gatsby tell Nick about his past with Daisy, and how he planned to impress her? Answer

PAST PRESENT FUTURE Describe how Gatsby made and shows off his money Answer

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS Gatsby had an extraordinary gift for hope, and a romantic readiness. Game Board

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS He has an athletic build and an arrogant attitude. He is an old-money snob. Game Board

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS Daisy is flighty and very superficial Game Board

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS He is mentioned in conversation between Nick and Jordan. Later, Nick sees him on the lawn in the moonlight. Game Board

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS Myrtle is Tom’s mistress, and George is her husband. Game Board

RELATIONSHIPS Daisy and Nick are cousins; Nick and Tom knew each other from school. Game Board

RELATIONSHIPS While Nick is at one of Gatsby’s parties, he asks a man he’s talking to where Gatsby is, only to discover that he’s talking to him! Game Board

RELATIONSHIPS They were careless people who smashed things and creatures and let others clean up the mess. Game Board

RELATIONSHIPS Gatsby wanted Nick to arrange a luncheon meeting between himself and Daisy. Game Board

RELATIONSHIPS Daisy and Gatsby had had an earlier romance. Her parents wouldn’t let her see him off to war. She then married Tom and soon found out that he had a mistress. Game Board

QUOTES AND SYMBOLS “I suppose she talks—and eats and everything.” Game Board

QUOTES AND SYMBOLS An industrial zone. Game Board

QUOTES AND SYMBOLS An illustration on a billboard. Game Board

QUOTES AND SYMBOLS It stood for his vision and his future with Daisy. Game Board

QUOTES AND SYMBOLS He had--through his years of dreaming--made her larger-than-life. Game Board

PLOT POINTS Daisy is driving Gatsby’s car. She hits Myrtle, but keeps driving. Game Board

PLOT POINTS The apartment where Tom met his mistress. Game Board

PLOT POINTS He hit her and broke her nose! Game Board

PLOT POINTS Tom’s first instinct is to protect himself. Later, he cries. Game Board

PLOT POINTS It was initially very awkward. Gatsby was nervous, but they became more at easy as they talked. Game Board

INFERENCES The newly rich & famous, and their friends. Game Board

INFERENCES Gatsby sent his chauffer over, and invited him directly. Game Board

INFERENCES He looks at her with surprise. Game Board

INFERENCES She wants the escape provided by Gatsby, but needs Tom because he is a lot like her. Game Board

INFERENCES It shows Gatsby’s romantic spirit and his desire to get ahead. Game Board

PAST PRESENT FUTURE – 200 From the Midwest to study the bond business. Game Board

PAST PRESENT FUTURE James Gatz and he’s from North Dakota. Game Board

PAST PRESENT FUTURE He educated Gatsby about money and the people who have it. Game Board

PAST PRESENT FUTURE He fell in love with her and lied about his financial status to impress her. Game Board

PAST PRESENT FUTURE He took advantage of the Post WWI period, and he used the money to throw wild parties and buy flashy and extravagant things. Game Board

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