The Great Gatsby Chapter 7 Comprehension Questions

Why did Gatsby replace all his servants?

• Daisy came over often and he did not want the servants to gossip about it.

• He was running out of money.

• He was tired of having so many people around him all the time.

• He was no longer hosting such lavish parties so he had no need for servants.

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Who were the people that Gatsby hired in place of his servants?

• Some friends of Gatsby

• People that would work for less money than the original servants.

• People Wolfsheim wanted to do something for that used to run a small hotel.

• A group of servants he had bussed in from a neighboring city.

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What was Daisy's daughters name?

• Pammy

• Angela

• Nicole

• Sandy

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While Gatsby and Nick are at the Buchanan's for lunch, the following scene unfolds:

"Who wants to go to town?" demanded Daisy insistently. Gatsby's eyes floated toward her. "Ah," she cried, "you look so cool."

Their eyes met, and they stared together at each other, alone in space. With an effort she glanced down at the table.

"You always look so cool," she repeated.

What is Daisy really saying? What can the reader infer?

• Daisy was asking that they go away together alone.

• Daisy was saying that Gatsby's outfit looked comfortable and cool for such a hot summer day.

• Daisy was suggesting that they all go into town together for a drink.

• Daisy was saying that she loved Gatsby, without directly saying it in front of Tom.

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What did Gatsby say that Daisy's voice was full of?

• money

• lonliness

• sorry

• happiness

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What was Tom implying when he said "You can buy anything at a drug-store nowadays."

• That Gatsby's drug-store business was really prosperous.

• The drug-stores carried a lot of different necessities to include gasoline.

• The Gatsby was involved in some underhanded, illegal business and using his drug-stores as a front.

• That drug-stores were not a business to be taken seriously.

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Where do Tom, Jordan, and Nick stop for gas on the way to New York in Gatsby's car?

• Wilson's garage

• A drug-store owned by Gatsby

• A run down gas station on the outskirts of East Egg

• A gas station just outside of New York

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What does Wilson tell Tom when they stop for gas?

• Wilson told Tom he had already bought another car and didn't need to buy his anymore.

• That they need to have lunch and talk about the coupe that Tom is supposed to be selling George

• That he and Myrtle want to go West.

• That he needs money or his garage is going to go out of business

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What similarities can be drawn between George Wilson and Tom Buchanan in the scene when Tom stopped for gas at Wilson's garage?

• Tom and George both appreciate nice cars.

• Both Tom and George realize that they haven't been the best husbands.

• Tom and George are both very good business men.

• Both Tom and George are recently discovering that their wives may be having affairs.

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Who did Myrtle mistake Jordan for?

• Nick's girlfriend

• Daisy

• Another of Tom's mistresses

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