Professor Betty Davis Instructor WORKSHEET Directions: FOR THE GREAT GATSBY Chapter 1 Answer the questions below. You may write on the back if you need more space. 1. WhoisNickCarraway? _ 2. Who is Nick’s family? _ 3. What did Nick’s father advise him to always do? 4. What did Nick want the whole world to do? 5. How did Nick describe Gatsby? _ —————————————— _ 6. From which college did Nick graduate and in which year? _ 7. Which city did Nick move to and why? _ 8. How much did Nick pay for rent and describe his house _ 9. What is the area call where Nick rents his new house? ———————————– 10. What year and season does Nick move from the Midwest to his new city? _ 11. How does Nick describe Gatsby’s House? _ 12. Who are Tom and Daisy Buchanan? _ 13. How does Nick describe Tom? _ 14. How does Nick describe Tom’s mansion? 15. How does He describe Jordan Baker? ——————————————– ——————————————– 16. Name some prominent colors in this chapter _ 17. Who calls Tom during dinner? _ 18. What happened to Daisy’s little finger? _ 19. What does Tom Buchanan say about the white race? ———————————- 20. What does Daisy say about her little daughter? 21. What does Jordan Baker tell Nick about Tom? _ ————————————— 22. What does Daisy say when she hears Gatsby’s name mentioned? _ 23. What does Nick expect Daisy to do as he leaves their house? 24. How does Daisy describe Jordan’s a..Tld her childhood hometown? _ ————————– 25. What is the name of the book Tom is reading? 26. Whom does Nick see when he returns home from the Buchanan mansion? 27. What is this person doing as Nick looks at him? — _ ————– 28. What happens to this person when Nick turns around to introduce himself? _ ———— 29. What is the season and what does Nick say to indicate this season, _ 30. Which object does Daisy snap out with her fmger? _ Professor Betty Davis Instructor WORKSHEET FOR THE GREAT GATSBY Chapter 2 Directions: Answer the questions below. You may use extra paper if you need more space. 1. What is the Valley of Ashes?__________________________________________________________ 2. How does Nick describe its residents?___________________________________________________ 3. Who or what are the eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg?___________________________________________ 4. What is sitting on the edge of the waste land?______________________________________________ 5. Whom does Tom want Nick to meet?_____________________________________________________ 6. Who is George Wilson and how does Nick describe him?_____________________________________ 7. Who is George Wilson’s wife?__________________________________________________________ 8. What does George Wilson want to buy from Tom?__________________________________________ 9. How does Nick describe Mr. Wilson’s wife?_______________________________________________ 10. What items does Mrs. Wilson buy at the train station?______________________________________ 11. Which taxi does she finally chooses to take them to their love nest?___________________________ 12. Who comes to Mrs. Wilson’s party?_____________________________________________________ 13. What does Nick say about his own drinking?______________________________________________ 14. What is the significance of the dog-buying scene?__________________________________________ 15. How does Nick describe the apartment?__________________________________________________ 16. Who is Catherine and how does Nick describe her?_________________________________________ 17. What does she tell Nick?______________________________________________________________ 18. What does Tom do to Mrs. Wilson? and why?_____________________________________________ 19. What does Mrs. Wilson say about her husband?___________________________________________ 20. Name some colors used in this chapter and give their meaning?_______________________________ 21. What does Nick wipe from one of the guests? what does he use to do this?______________________ 22. What is the little dog doing?___________________________________________________________ 23. What story does Mrs. Wilson share with Nick?____________________________________________ 24. Why does she say, “You can’t live forever, you can’t live forever?”____________________________ 25. Who leaves the party? and who follows?_________________________________________________ 26. What happens on the elevator?_________________________________________________________ 27. Who is later sitting up in the bed in underwear?____________________________________________ 28. What is Nick doing? _________________________________________________________________ 29. Afterwards, what is Nick doing in the early morning hours?__________________________________ 30. Draw a time line tracing the time they enter the apartment to the end of the chapter._______________ …