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Great Gatsby Chapters 5 to middle of Chapter 7

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  • What does Gatsby want Daisy to say to Tom?
    He wants her to tell him that she never loved him.
  • When Gatsby offers Nick a chance for more business, how does Nick react?
    He refuses the offer.
  • Gatsby plays with a clock at Nick's place because he is nervous. He nearly drops it. What could the clock symbolise?
    Time has passed - five years. But Gatsby is trying to hold on to the past.
  • Gatsby has a photo of a man in his room. Who is it?
    Dan Cody.
  • In which car and combination do they all drive to New York from Tom and Daisy's house?
    In Gatsby's yellow car: Tom driving, Nick and Jordan. In Tom's coupe: Gatsby driving, Daisy is with him.
  • How did Gatsby make a living as a young man?
    Clam digging and salmon fishing.
  • What two questions does Daisy ask Nick when she walks to his house?
    1. Do you really live in this place? 2. Are you in love with me?
  • What did Gatsby learn from Cody?
    How to dress richly and act rich.
  • When does Tom realise that Daisy and Gatsby are having an affair?
    When Gatsby and Daisy cannot stop staring at each other at the house.
  • At Gatsby's party, what does Tom say about Gatsby to Daisy?
    That he is a bootlegger.
  • What was the weather like on the day that Gatsby and Daisy met at Nick's house?
    It was raining.
  • How did Gatsby become rich?
    Drug (medicine) and oil business
  • Why does George Wilson fee ill?
    He has found out that his wife has an affair.
  • How long did Gatsby work for Dan Cody?
    5 years.
  • What does Tom's and Mr Sloane's visit to Gatsby represent?
    They don't respect him or take him seriously.
  • When Gatsby and Nick go to lunch at Tom and Daisy's house, what does the child symbolise?
    Time has passed, Tom and Daisy's relationship cannot be erased.
  • Did Gatsby go to university?
    He went to St Olaf in Minnesota for two weeks, but then gave up.
  • What does Nick realise when he sees Tom and George at the garage?
    They are both men that have been cheated on.
  • What do we know about Gatsby's family?
    Poor farmers from North Dakota.
  • In Chapter 6, we learn Jay Gatsby's real name. What is it?
    James Gatz.
  • Why does Daisy cry when she sees all the shirts?
    She cries at the time they wasted not being together.
  • What is the weather like on the day that everyone goes to lunch at Tom and Daisy's house?
    Hot, humid, oppressive
  • What do we learn about the green light in Chapter 5?
    That it is at the end of Daisy's dock.
  • Did Gatsby become rich when Cody died?
    No, he was cheated out of his inheritance.
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