The Great Gatsby setting - Answer -New York in the early 1920's
Who is the narrator of The Great Gatsby? - Answer -Nick Carraway
Nick Carraway - Answer -Narrator of The Great Gatsby, first person point of view, well
to do family, is from Chicago, father had a hardware business, graduated for Yale in
1915, was in World War I and moved to east to learn about bon business to make
money
Who is Daisy Buchanan? - Answer -Nick's cousin, Tom's wife, and Gatsby is in love
with her,
Daisy Buchanan (The Great Gatsby) - Answer -very wealthy, has a charming laugh, sad
and lovely face, sophisticated and has a young daughter
How does Nick Carraway know Daisy Buchanan ? - Answer -They are second cousins
Who is Daisy Buchanan married too ? - Answer -She is married to Tom Buchanan
What is the Buchanan's daughter name ? - Answer -Pammy
What does Daisy tell Nick about the birth of her daughter ? - Answer -she tells nick that
tom wasn't there for the birth
What story dose she say to Nick about how she found out her baby was a girl ? -
Answer -" I asked if the baby was a boy or a girl and they told me it was a girl and I
weeped. I'm glad it's a girl, and I hope she is a fool, that's the best thing a girl can be in
this world a beautiful little fool"
Tom Buchanan - Answer -large man, brawny, athletic, best end in football, enormously
wealthy family, cruel, racist, strong wilded and arrogant
How does Nick know Tom? - Answer -They went to Yale together.
What was the name of the book Tom Buchanan was reading in chapter 1 ? - Answer -
The Rise of the Colored Empires by Goddard
, Who does Nick meet at the Buchanan house in Chapter 1 - Answer -Jordan Baker
Who is Jordan Baker? - Answer -Friend of the Buchanans, has gray impersonal eyes
(mystery), professional golfer
What does Jordan tell Nick about Tom ? - Answer -She tells Nick that he has a mistress
in New York
Where does Nick live? - Answer -West Egg
Who is Nick's famous neighbor? - Answer -Jay Gatsby
Where do the Buchanan's live? - Answer -East Egg
When did Nick see Gatsby for the first time ? - Answer -after the dinner party at the
Buchanan's house Nick see Gatsby a handsome young man on his lawn with his arm
reaching out toward the dark water
What does Nick see when he looks out on the water in Chapter 1 ? - Answer -all Nick
sees is a distance green light at the end of a dock
Where does Tom take Nick in chapter 2 ? - Answer -To Wilson's garage.
Where is Wilson's garage located? - Answer -Valley of Ashes
Who is Tom having an affair with? - Answer -Myrtle Wilson
Myrtle Wilson - Answer -mid 30's, tom's mistress, not very pretty, she is a confident
seductive curvy women, with tom for the money, self absorbed, self centered and wants
to be rich
George Wilson - Answer -owns a car garage, blond and shirtless, he oblivious to the
affair with Tom and Myrtle
Where does Tom take Myrtle and Nick in chapter two ? - Answer -New York City, to the
Morningside Heights apartment
Who does Myrtle have come up to the apartment? - Answer -The McKees and her sister
Cathrine
Catherine - Answer -Myrtle's sister, slender, worldly about 30, has a bob, red hair, milky
white complexion, loves bracelets
Tom tells Myrtle he can't marry her because - Answer -his wife is a catholic
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