The Great Gatsby Comprehension Questions Chapter 1-3

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The Great Gatsby – Comprehension Questions

Answer the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES. In order to receive full credit, you need to write down the page number each answer was found. You will need to answer these questions while you are reading the chapter.

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1. What has changed at Gatsby’s house? What reason does Gatsby give for these changes?

2. What does Gatsby decide he is going to do the day he goes over to Tom and Daisy’s house?

3. Why does Gatsby look at Daisy’s daughter Pammy with surprise?

4. Compare George Wilson and Ton. What did each man learn about his wife and how did they each react?

5. What reasons does George give for wanting to move away?

6. Who is looking out the window above George’s garage? Why is he/she jealous?

7. Describe the fight between Gatsby and Ton. What do these men think of each other? How are they similar and how are they different?

8. Why is Gatsby surprised when Daisy says, “I did love him [Tom] once - but I loved you too”? 9. Who is killed? How is he/she killed?

10. Why does Tom say, “That yellow car I was driving this afternoon wasn’t mine---do you hear? I haven’t seen it all afternoon”? What are his potential motives?

11. What was significant about Nick’s thirtieth birthday?

12. What is the tone/mood of the scene where Daisy and Tom ate at the kitchen table? What do you think Tom and Daisy were saying to each other in the kitchen? Do you think that Tom knew Daisy was driving? Why/why not?

13. Describe each person’s connection to the yellow car: o Daisy o Tom o Myrtle o Gatsby

14. At this point, how would you end the novel?

Please prepare to discuss these essential questions in class:  Why does Fitzgerald insert a wedding into the texture of this scene in the hotel room?

Other questions/points for discussion (list at least ONE)