Reading Guide for Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby
1. How does the narrator, Nick Carraway, describe Jay Gatsby?
2. What area of the country did the narrator, Nick Carraway, move from?
3. Describe Nick’s house.
4. Describe the Buchanan’s house.
5. How does Nick know Daisy and Tom?
6. Describe Tom physically. What is he like, personality-wise?
7. What kind of person is Daisy?
8. What did Miss Baker/Jordan tell Nick about Tom?
9. Does Daisy have any children? If so, describe him/her.
10.How is the reader introduced to Gatsby at the end of chapter one?