Chapter 8 - The Great Gatsby

Wilson equates the advertisement on the billboard with

• the Valley of Ashes

• the Eyes of God

• the terrors of alcohol

• Satan and death

Why does Gatsby want the gardener to wait to drain the pool?

• He never used it and wanted to take a swim

• He planned on drowning himself in it

• He planned to throw a party that evening

• He liked to way the moon reflected off it

What does Nick tell Gatsby before leaving him?

• Tom is a rotten fool

• Gatsby is worth more than Daisy and her rotten friends

• He wished he stayed in Minneapolis

• He will always be Gatsby's friend

What reasons does Gatsby give for Daisy's original decision to marry Tom?

• She thought Gatsby had died in the war

• She didn't think Gatsby would wait for her

• Deep down, she had always loved Tom

• Tom had good social standing and was acceptable to her parents

By the end of chapter 8, what is Nick and Jordan's relationship status?

• They were engaged to be married

• Jordan skipped town with another man

• It was complicated, and the future didn't look bright

• Nick left Jordan for Catherine, Myrtle's sister

How does Wilson find out Myrtle is having an affair?

• He finds her pearl necklace

• Tom tells Wilson

• He is suspicious of the way she looks at Tom

• The dog leash

Why does Myrtle run toward the yellow car?

• She wants to get Tom to stop

• She was running away from George

• She was going to Michaelis’s bar

• She wanted a ride to see Tom in New York

Wilson believed his wife's lover was driving the yellow car, so who did he most likely ask for information about who was driving the yellow car?

• Gatsby

• Tom

• Michaelis

• Nick

What was Gatsby doing when he was murdered?

• He was on the dock, looking at the green light

• Cleaning his pool

• Swimming in his pool

• He was on the phone with Nick

What did Wilson do after shooting Gatsby?

• Fled the country

• Got arrested

• surrendered to the police

• Shot himself