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question 14 (5 points)
when nick runs into tom at the end of the novel, what does the reader learn? refer to the following passage:

‘tom,’ i inquired, ‘what did you say to wilson that afternoon? ’

he stared at me without a word and i knew i had guessed right about those missing hours. i started to turn away but he took a step after me and grabbed my arm. ‘i told him the truth,’ he said. ‘he came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when i sent down word that we weren’t in, he tried to force his way upstairs. he was crazy enough to kill me if i hadn’t told him who owned the car. his hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the house——’ he broke off defiantly. ‘what if i did tell him? that fellow had it coming to him. he threw dust into your eyes just like he did in daisy’s but he was a tough one. he ran over myrtle like you’d run over a dog and never even stopped his car.’

there was nothing i could say, except the one unutterable fact that it wasn’t true.

question 14 options:

the reader learns that daisy killed herself after learning of gatsby's death.

the reader learns that daisy confessed to driving the car that killed myrtle.

the reader learns that tom told wilson that gatsby had driven the car that killed myrtle.

the reader learns that tom was trying to protect daisy from wilson.

question 15 (5 points)
the different ways that daisy and gatsby reacted when challenging circumstances threatened their relationship as gatsby tried to get home from europe after world war i demonstrate

question 15 options:

gatsby's courage and daisy's honesty

gatsby's selfishness and daisy's generosity

gatsby's determination and daisy's weakness

gatsby's spitefulness and daisy's kindness

question 16 (5 points)
read the following passage and answer the question that follows.
‘gatsby. somebody told me——‘

the two girls and jordan leaned together confidentially. ‘somebody told me they thought he killed a man once.’

a thrill passed over all of us. the three mr. mumbles bent forward and listened eagerly.

‘i don’t think it’s so much that,’ argued lucille skeptically; ‘it’s more that he was a german spy during the war.’

one of the men nodded in confirmation. ‘i heard that from a man who knew all about him, grew up with him in germany,’ he assured us positively.

‘oh, no,’ said the first girl, ‘it couldn’t be that, because he was in the american army during the war.’ as our credulity switched back to her she leaned forward with enthusiasm.

‘you look at him sometimes when he thinks nobody’s looking at him. i’ll bet he killed a man.’

the passage provides evidence to support which of the following statements:

question 16 options:

gatsby is clearly a murderer, and everyone is too fond of his parties to turn him in.

even though the people are guests in gatsby’s home, they know very little about him.

gatsby’s guests are all extremely close personal friends of his.

women are always gossiping with no regard for whom may hear.

question 17 (5 points)
"there was a ripe mystery about it, a hint of bedrooms upstairs more beautiful and cool than other bedrooms, of gay and radiant activities taking place through its corridors and of romances that were not musty and laid away already in lavender but fresh and breathing and redolent of this year's shining motor cars and of dances whose flowers were scarcely withered.”

how do the length and syntax of this sentence emphasize what gatsby feels about daisy’s house?

question 17 options:

the length and syntax reveal gatsby’s annoyance about being in daisy’s tiny house.

the length and syntax reveal gatsby’s excitement and arousal about being in daisy’s large house.

the length and syntax reveal gatsby’s fear of rejection by his cruel cousin daisy.

the length and syntax reveal that gatsby doesn’t want to be in daisy’s house because it is overwhelming.

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