1. Why Does Gatsby Deliver So Many Goods and Services to Nick's House?

Chapter 5

1. Why does Gatsby deliver so many goods and services to Nick's house? 2. Describe the effect of rain on the plot. 3. Why does Gatsby offer Nick work? How does Nick feel about this? 4. Explain the significance of the green light. 5. Why does Gatsby get so many phone calls? What does this say about him? 6. Nick describes that Gatsby had created an illusion of “colossal vitality.” Taking Nick’s point of view, what has Daisy now come to represent? 7. Why does Nick agree to arrange a meeting between Daisy and Gatsby? 8. Why does Gatsby act "like a little boy" when Daisy first arrives at Nick's? 9. After his private conversation with Daisy at Nick's house, how has Gatsby changed? 10. . While taking Nick and Daisy through his house, what does Gatsby do that causes Daisy to "cry stormily"?

Vocabulary

1. Rout 2. Suppressed 3. Innumerable 4. Ecstatic 5. Reproach 6. Serf 7. Obstinate 8. Exultation 9. Hulking 10. Nebulous

Journal entries: Title entries with the chapter number. 1. Write a five sentence chapter summary. 2. Who is our narrator? What’s the problem with a first person narrator? Do you think you will have a problem believing this narrator?

3.Each chapter choose a different character to focus on. A Name the character. B Choose a quote that you think best represents the character. c. Describe his/her best and worst qualities. d. In a paragraph describe the character's role so far in the novel.

4 From each chapter choose two meaningful quotes, and then describe their significance in the novel. 5. “Have you ever wanted to repeat the past? How realistic do you think Gatsby's dream is?”