Intermediate Level
Exercises Answers Key
The Great Gatsby
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
People in the Story
b
c
d
e
Nick Carraway
Daisy Buchanan
Myrtle Wilson
Tom Buchanan
2 T 3 T 4 F 5 F 6 T 7 F 8 F 9 T 10 T 11 T 12 F
18 T 19 F 20 T 21 F 22 T 23 T 24 T 25 T 26 T
13 T
14 F
15 T
16 T
17 F
At Gatsby’s Party
2 host 3 smile 4 feel
11 educated
12 cares
19 short 20 afraid
5 interest
13 parties
6 manners 7 butler 8 bowed 9 excuse 10 anything
14 announced 15 play 16 alone 17 front 18 tanned
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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Intermediate Level
Exercises Answers Key
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
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3 had believed
4 made
5 has
6 takes
7 be blamed
8 wasn’t
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