The Great Gatsby Chapters 1-2

Who wrote The Great Gatsby

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Dr. Suess

• Ernest Hemingway

• Ray Bradbury

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Who is the narrator of The Great Gatsby?

• Nick
• Jordan
• Tom
• Jay Gatsby

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What is the setting of the novel?

• Chicago
• New York
• Louisville
• San Franciso

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Where does Nick live?

• West Egg
• East Egg
• New York City

Where do Tom and Daisy live?

• West Egg
• East Egg
• North Egg

How does Nick know Daisy and Tom?

• Nick and Tom served in the war together. He met Daisy at their wedding.
• Nick and Daisy went to school together. Daisy was dating Tom.
• He met them through a friend of his parents in Chicago.
• Daisy and Nick are cousins. Nick and Tom knew each other from school.

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What color were Jordan and Daisy wearing when the reader first meet them?

• Red

• Blue

• White

• Gold

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When asked about her daughter, what does Daisy say?

• "She acts just like her father!"
• "I hope she's a beautiful little fool."
• "I suppose she talks--and eats, and everything."
• "I wish I had never had her."

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When Nick gets home from dinner he sees Gatsby looking at something across the bay, what is it?

• A dock
• A green light
• A red light
• A boat

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Chapter 2 opens with the description of the "valley of ashes". Literally, what is the valley of ashes?

• It is the industrial section that separates the fashionable West and East Eggs from Manhattan. It's gray and covered in ashes/soot from all the factories in the area. 
• The road that Nick travels on every day. It's covered in ashes from all the house fires that occurred in those neighborhoods. 
• A long road that separates the two Eggs where many people have passed away. 
• I literally have no idea. 

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