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The Great Gatsby: Study Guide

Chapter Eight

Chapter Eight

1. Why won’t Gatsby leave town? (148)

He could not leave Daisy until he knew what she was going to do

2. What increased Daisy’s “value in Gatsby’s eyes”? (149)

Many men love Daisy

3. Why did Daisy think that Gatsby knew a lot? (150)

Daisy thought Gatsby knew different things from her

4. What was something inside of Daisy crying for? (151)

She wanted her life shaped new immediately

5. Where did Gatsby go when he returned from France? (152)

Louisville

6. What does Gatsby’s servant want to do? (153)

The servant is going to drain the pool

7. Why does Gatsby not want the servant to do this? (153)

Gatsby has never used that pool all summer

8. Who does Gatsby want Nick to reassure him will telephone him? (154)
Daisy

9. What is the compliment that Nick gives Gatsby? (154)

“You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.”

10. Who calls Nick at work? (154)

Jordan Baker

11. What personal rule did Myrtle’s sister break? (156)

She broken her rule against drinking

12. Who stayed alone with Wilson throughout the night? (156)
Catherine

13. What does Wilson say he can do about the yellow car? (156)
He can find out whom the yellow car belonged to

14. How long were George and Myrtle married? (157)

Twelve years

15. What did Wilson show Michaelis in a drawer that had belonged to Myrtle? (158)
A small, expensive dog-leash

16. Why does Wilson say that Myrtle was running towards the yellow car? (159)
She ran towards the car in hopes to talking to the man

17. Why couldn’t Michaelis call a friend for George? (159)

George does not have a lot of friends

18. Who did George say that Myrtle couldn’t “fool”? (159)
She could not fool God

19. Whose eyes did George show Myrtle at the window? (159)
Doctor T.J. Eckleburg

20. How do the police think that Wilson tracked down the owner of the yellow car? (160)
Wilson spent that time going from garage to garage there about, inquiring for a yellow car
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21. Where did Gatsby decide to spend his afternoon? (161)
In the pool

22. What order does Gatsby give regarding his car? (161)
The car should never to be taken out under any circumstance

23. Who actually heard the fired shots? (161)

The chauffeur

24. Who is the body in the pool making the “thin red circle”? (162)
Gatsby

25. Who else’s dead body is found? (162)

Wilson