Study Questions Chapter 3

1. That he’s related to Kaiser, an old dictator. He was a spy for the German’s during the war. That he has killed a man before but acts natural, and that he’s a bootlegger, someone who sells knock offs of popular things illegally.

2. He’s not careless like Jordan Baker told him. And he doesn’t’ know anybody else at the party besides Jordan, who he ends up hanging out with the whole time, until he meets Gatsby for the first time.

3. He has a bunch of uncut books, which means that they haven’t been read before, and he has all these trinkets from when he supposedly went to Oxford, like a medallion with his name on the back.


4. He remembers him from college, supposedly Oxford, cause it’s close to Princeton. Nick doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

5. That she cheated in a golf tournament. She had moved her ball so she could have a better opening in her shot towards the pin. The caddy was going to tell on her, but refrained himself from bursting out words.

6. He writes many letters back to Minnesota, writing love on every one of them before he signs his name. That he may have a lady friend back home, but now that he lives in a different part of the country, that he may break up with that girl, and try his luck with Jordan.

7. He sees things that aren’t happening [car crash]. And he believes he’s been drunk for about an entire week now, which is strange.

8. Someone has crashed into a ditch, where a pale man gets out of the car, stating that he didn’t know that the car had stopped. Everyone thinks he’s a ghost or spirit that descended from the sky. Apparently the wheel had fallen off the car too, so this freaks everyone out. Then Owl Eyes tries to drive himself, which is unsuccessful, but then Jordan tries to make herself known, as the worst driver ever. She almost hits someone, but nicks his button with the bumper. This says that driving can easily be the meaning of death, or lead someone to death.

9. He finally meet Gatsby, Owl Eyes, see the real Jordan Baker, and witness how she feels and the true her. Reinforces the idea of bad drivers, and relationships.

10. This is where Nick finally meets Gatsby. They talk about everything in Gatsby past and a little about Nick. Shows you is a way what kind of person Gatsby is, but what he may tell you might not all be true. When Gatsby stated that he had attended Oxford, when Nick sees all his uncut books, this makes him see Gatsby as a different person and liar.

11. Bad Drivers, Car Crash, Inebriation.

12. Owl Eyes, Gatsby, Nick&Jordan, Car Crash, Nick asking Jordan out, Gatsby wanting to tell Jordan a secret, Nick and Gatsby conversing.

13. So she can have full control over the date and not have to be told what to do, but can be the one telling him what to do, since he never graduated high school.