Ron's ESOL Classroom
Advanced Reading/Vocabulary
The Great Gatsby
Chapter Nine
Vocabulary
- inquest (171)
- grotesque (171)
- circumstantial (171)
- deranged (172)
- defiance (173)
- solidarity (173)
- reverent (179)
- resolve (182)
- reluctant (182)
- deficiency (184)
- borne (v) (189)
Study Questions
- At the inquest, what testimony does Catherine give regarding her
sister Myrtle?
- After Gatsby's death, why did Nick feel 'responsible' for
getting someone for Gatsby?
- What did Nick learn when he called up Daisy to tell her about
Gatsby's death?
- Who said "Look here, old sport, you've got to get someone for
me. I can't go through this alone"? Who was it said to? What does
it mean?
- Why didn't Wolfshiem come to see Gatsby's when Nick sent for
him?
- Who is Slagle? Why did he hang up the phone when Nick said
"Look here--this isn't Mr. Gatsby. Mr. Gatsby's dead?
- What did Slagle mean when he said "Young Parke is in
trouble."
- Who is Henry C. Gatz?
- Who says "Where have they got Jimmy? Who is 'Jimmy?'
- Why did Nick hang up the phone on Klipspringer?
- Why, in your opinion, does Wolfshiem not want to come to
Gatsby's funeral?
- When was the last time Henry Gatz saw his son?
- What does Henry Gatz mean when he says "Of course we was broke up
when he run off from home but I see now there was a reason for it"?
- In addition to Nick and Henry Gatsby, who came to Gatsby's
funeral?
- What does Nick mean when he says "I see now that this has been a
story of the West . . . "?
- Why does Nick leave the East?
- What does Nick find out when he visits Jordan?
- How does Nick feel about Jordan now?
- How does Nick feel about Tom and Daisy now? What kind of people
does he say they are? Why?
- What does Nick mean by the last sentence in the book?
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