The Great Gatsby Chapters 8-9 Quiz
1. When Gatsby was watching over Daisy and Tom’s house the night of Myrtle’s accident, what did Daisy do when she came to the window?
2. What is Gatsby’s house covered in as he and Nick enter inside?
3. Nick says that Gatsby “paid a high price for living too long with a single ____________” (Fitzgerald 161).
4. What did Catherine fail to tell the police about Myrtle?
5. Why does Nick begin to feel shame for Gatsby?
6. What was on the back cover of the old book Gatsby’s father kept from when Gatsby was a young man?
7. What item does Klipspringer want back when he calls Gatsby’s house and talks to Nick?
8. Name someone besides Nick and Henry Gatz that attended Gatsby’s funeral.
9. Nick met Tom in the street a while after the three deaths. How did Tom tell Nick that he reacted to Myrtle’s death?
10. Come up with a valid theme for this novel. Use two examples from the text to show how you arrived at this theme.
The Great Gatsby Chapters 8-9 Quiz
1. When Gatsby was watching over Daisy and Tom’s house the night of Myrtle’s accident, what did Daisy do when she came to the window?
2. What is Gatsby’s house covered in as he and Nick enter inside?
3. Nick says that Gatsby “paid a high price for living too long with a single ____________” (Fitzgerald 161).
4. What did Catherine fail to tell the police about Myrtle?
5. Why does Nick begin to feel shame for Gatsby?
6. What was on the back cover of the old book Gatsby’s father kept from when Gatsby was a young man?
7. What item does Klipspringer want back when he calls Gatsby’s house and talks to Nick?
8. Name someone besides Nick and Henry Gatz that attended Gatsby’s funeral.
9. Nick met Tom in the street a while after the three deaths. How did Tom tell Nick that he reacted to Myrtle’s death?
10. Come up with a valid theme for this novel. Use two examples from the text to show how you arrived at this theme.