The great Gatsby Ch. 7 Questions with Correct Answers
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The great Gatsby Ch. 7 Questions with Correct Answers
Daisy says that Tom is "revolting." To what, can you imagine, is she referring? - Answer-He's saying he loves her and that he's cheating on her.
Why does Daisy have a tough time saying, as Gatsby wishes, that she never loved Tom? - Answer-B...
The great Gatsby Ch. 7 Questions
with Correct Answers
Daisy says that Tom is "revolting." To what, can you imagine, is she referring? -
Answer-He's saying he loves her and that he's cheating on her.
Why does Daisy have a tough time saying, as Gatsby wishes, that she never loved
Tom? - Answer-Because her and Tom had good memories, she did love him once, but
she loved Gatsby too.
Why is it so important to Gatsby that Daisy say she never loved Tom? - Answer-It
shows that her love is pure and only for Gatsby. He's created a fantasy, "She's been in
love with him for five years and so was he."
How has Gatsby earned most of his money, and what does Tom say that startles
Gatsby? - Answer-Tom knows Gatsby is working on something bigger and more illegal.
What is Daisy's reaction to this news? - Answer-Tom won Daisy over after she found
this out. She's scared because Gatsby's money could be taken away, along with him
going to jail. After finding out she wants to go home.
Describes the hit and run scene. - Answer-Daisy was driving Gatsby's car. She was
driving recklessly and was shaking. Myrtle saw the yellow car and that Tom was driving
it earlier, and thought it was Tom driving then. She escaped from Wilson and went to
flag down the yellow car, Daisy swerved in and out, eventually hitting Myrtle. She was
killed instantly.
Why does Tom make the point to Wilson that he just drove the coupe from New York
and the yellow car does not actually belong to him? - Answer-He knows Wilson saw
Tom, Nick, and Jordan driving the yellow car earlier and he didn't want him to think he
hit Myrtle.
why do you suppose, Fitzgerald links the behavior of the characters to the hottest day of
the summer? - Answer-It's sweltering hot, everything is about to explode. It's the climax
of the book.
When Gatsby briefly meets Daisy's little girl, he is somewhat unnerved. Symbolically,
what does the little girl represent? - Answer-The reality that Daisy and Tom are together
and that they cannot repeat the past. The little girl could also represent Daisy and Tom's
reunion.
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