The Great Gatsby Chapter 8 Comprehension Questions

In Chapter 7, the confrontation between Gatsby and Tom takes place on the hottest day of the year. However, in Chapter 8, the weather starts cooling off as the seasons change from summer to fall.

What does the changing of the seasons in this chapter symbolize?

• The change in the weather and seasons represents the fact that Gatsby now has Daisy and they can settle into their new life together.

• The change in the weather and seasons represents a change for Gatsby and the end of his dream to steal Daisy back from Tom.

• The change in the weather and seasons represents that summer is going to end soon and tourist season will be over and live will return to normal in the city.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

When Gatsby gets home from watching over Daisy it reads:

‘Nothing happened,’ he said wanly. ‘I waited, and about four o’clock she came to the window and stood there for a minute and then turned out the light.’

What does Daisy turning out the light symbolize?

• The end of the relationship between Gatsby and Daisy.

• The end of the relationship between Tom and Daisy.

• That Daisy was going to bed.

• That Daisy was going to try and sneak out.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What advice does Nick rush over to Gatsby's to give him?

• To call up Wolfsheim and have him clean up the mess.

• To have Wolfsheim kill Tom so that he can finally have Daisy to himself.

• To leave town immediately for his own safety.

• To lay low in his house for a little while until everything blows over.

Why did Gatsby find Daisy so exciting when they first met in Louisville?

• Because she was so beautiful and he was truly in love with her.

• Because she was the first woman he had ever been intimate with.

• Because she was extremely wealthy and he was only interested in her money. The possibility of marrying into a wealthy family seemed exciting.

• Because many other man had loved her before, but she had never loved any of them back. This made attaining her love seem almost impossible and that made the possibility exciting.

Why did Gatsby return to Louisville with the last of his Army pay?

• He wanted to move to Louisville

• He was leaving the country

• To visit his parents

• To relive the moments he spent with Daisy

How did George find out Myrtle was having an affair?

• He saw the way Myrtle and Tom acted when they were together.

• Nick told him about the affair so that he would turn on Tom

• Myrtle confessed to the affair right before George locked her upstairs in their apartment

• George found an expensive dog collar and they do not own a dog.

Who killed Gatsby?

• Tom

• Daisy

• Nick

• George

Why did George shoot Gatsby?

• He was convinced that Gatsby was the one who ran over Myrtle.

• Tom paid George to kill Gatsby.

• It was an accident

• George was overwhelmed with grief.

Why did Daisy really marry Tom?

• Because they were from the same social class and he had money.

• She was pregnant.

• She was in love with him.

• Her parents forced her to.

Why did Gatsby tell the gardener not to drain the pool?

• He wanted to take a swim

• He was going to throw a party

• He liked to keep the pool running all year

• He wanted the gardner to take the day off.