Intermediate Level Exercises Answers Key

The Great Gatsby

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

People in the Story

b Nick Carraway
c Daisy Buchanan
d Myrtle Wilson
e Tom Buchanan

2 T 3 T 4 F 5 F 6 T 7 F 8 F 9 T 10 T 11 T 12 F 13 T 14 F 15 T 16 T 17 F
18 T 19 F 20 T 21 F 22 T 23 T 24 T 25 T 26 T

At Gatsby’s Party

2 host 3 smile 4 feel 5 interest 6 manners 7 butler 8 bowed 9 excuse 10 anything

11 educated 12 cares 13 parties 14 announced 15 play 16 alone 17 front 18 tanned
19 short 20 afraid

Who Said What?

2 Tom 3 Myrtle 4 Daisy 5 Wolfsheim 6 Gatsby

Making Sentences

Q2 Where did Gatsby first meet Daisy?

Q3 Why did Tom keep an apartment in New York?

Q4 Who did Gatsby have lunch with (in New York)?

Q5 How did Gatsby travel to New York?

Q6 What colour was Gatsby’s car?

Q7 What did Myrtle hope that Tom would do?

Q8 Why did no one care that Gatsby was a liar?

Q9 Where did people think that Gatsby’s money came from?

Q10 Who was the bridesmaid at Daisy and Tom’s wedding?

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What Happened Next?

2 Tom didn’t like the way Gatsby and Daisy looked at each other.

8 Daisy told Tom that she was leaving him.

4 Gatsby took Daisy in Tom’s car, and the others went in Gatsby’s car.

3 Tom suggested they all went to New York City.

5 Tom stopped at Wilson’s garage to get some gas.

13 George Wilson shot himself.

1 Gatsby and Nick drove to Tom and Daisy’s house for lunch.

7 Later that afternoon, Tom argued with Gatsby.

9 Daisy and Gatsby drove back to Long Island in Gatsby’s yellow car.

10 Near Wilson’s garage Myrtle ran into the road to stop the yellow car.

14 Only Gatsby’s old father, Nick and the fat man with glasses went to Gatsby’s funeral.

11 Daisy, who was driving, killed Myrtle Wilson and didn’t stop.

6 Myrtle Wilson saw Tom in the yellow car with Jordan.

12 George Wilson went to Gatsby’s house and shot Gatsby in the swimming pool.

Multiple Choice

2d 3b 4b 5c 6b 7d

Unanswered Questions

1 b, d, e 2c

Choose the Verb

1 had grown 2 stood 3 had believed 4 made 5 has 6 takes 7 be blamed 8 wasn’t

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