The Great Gatsby Chapter 8

What is Nick's advice to Gatsby?

• Gatsby should leave town for a bit

• Gatsby should confront Daisy and ask her if she'll actually leave Tom

• Gatsby should turn himself into the police

• Gatsby should stop covering for Daisy and let her take the blame

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What does Gatsby claim he hasn't done all summer?

• Swam in his pool

• Thrown a party

• Gone on vacation

• Done laundry

In Chapter 8, Wilson's references to the billboard of Doctor T.J. Eckleberg imply that the doctor's eyes are the eyes of whom?

• Satan

• Ghost

• Gatsby

• God

What is the fate of Jay Gatsby?

• He leaves town forever

• He is murdered

• He commits suicide

• None of the above

At the end of the chapter, George Wilson...

• is dead

• is trying to find his wife's killer relentlessly

• is rocking back and forth in his garage

• has headed out west like he originally planned to with Myrtle

What happens when Jordan calls Nick at work?

• Nick apologizes for being rude to her the previous night and asks her on a date

• Jordan tells Nick she is seeing another man

• They awkwardly talk and then hang up on each other

• Jordan gossips about the accident and speculates on what Tom and Daisy will do

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How does Wilson find out Myrtle is having an affair?

• He finds her pearl necklace

• He saw the way she looks at Tom

• Tom tells Wilson about Gatsby

• He found the dog leash

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Gatsby describes Daisy (from 5 years ago) as "the first ____ girl he had ever known."

• nice

• snobby

• deceptive

• self-conscious

As the chapter closes, what color of the figurative stoplight do you think we have entered?

• Green

• Yellow

• Orange-Yellow

• Red

Gatsby's American Dream does not come to fruition. How do you feel about him now?

• I feel sorry for him

• Serves him right

• He's still a liar but I understand why he did what he did

• I stopped reading in Chapter 2....he seems mysterious.

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