The Great Gatsby Quizzes, Inference Worksheets, Vocabulary Games, Test, and Answer Keys

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Eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this comprehensive bundle for teaching The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Included are the following: nine plot-based quizzes (one per chapter), nine close reading inference worksheets (one per chapter), nine vocabulary application activities (one per chapter), nine crossword puzzles (one per chapter), nine word search games (one per chapter), an end-of-unit test, and answer keys for everything. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive bundle option is available.) More detailed information follows.

Vocabulary Games and Activities: Frontload assigned readings with vocabulary development games, or stash them in an emergency sub folder to keep students meaningfully engaged in the book despite teacher absences. By engaging with these materials, students will:

  • Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words

  • Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings

  • Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences

Plot-Based Quizzes: Evaluate general reading comprehension and hold students accountable for completing assigned readings. Alternatively, the quizzes may serve as guided reading handouts to facilitate purposeful engagement with the novel. By engaging with these materials, students will:

  • Demonstrate generalized knowledge of characters

  • Demonstrate generalized knowledge of settings

  • Demonstrate generalized knowledge of conflicts

Close Reading Inference Worksheets: Help students go beyond basic comprehension and develop critical thinking and literary craft analysis skills. By engaging with these materials, students will:

  • Read for literal comprehension

  • Consult reference materials to learn and verify word meanings as needed

  • Infer the intended effects of the author's word choices and narrative techniques

  • Determine the functions of given details

  • Describe tone in context

  • Examine how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop

  • Apply knowledge of various literary devices including foreshadowing, hyperbole, imagery, metaphor, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, personification, simile, situational irony, and more

  • Analyze the symbolic importance of objects

  • Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence

  • Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision

  • Come to class better prepared to discuss literature

Summative Test: In addition to objective questions on character, plot, literary devices, and passage analysis, an essay section is featured, requiring high school students to analyze a given passage for character development and symbolism. An answer key is included with sample essay. By completing this assessment, students will demonstrate an ability to:

  • Correctly identify characters based on given details and descriptions

  • Apply knowledge of literary devices including metaphor, simile, personification, oxymoron, and more

  • Analyze passages and make logical inferences in the context of those passages

  • Write a brief essay in which students defend claims with relevant textual evidence and adhere to the standard conventions of written English

Resources are available for a variety of engaging novels:

Eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this comprehensive bundle for teaching The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Included are the following: nine plot-based quizzes (one per chapter), nine close reading inference worksheets (one per chapter), nine vocabulary application activities (one per chapter), nine crossword puzzles (one per chapter), nine word search games (one per chapter), an end-of-unit test, and answer keys for everything. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive bundle option is available.) More detailed information follows.

Vocabulary Games and Activities: Frontload assigned readings with vocabulary development games, or stash them in an emergency sub folder to keep students meaningfully engaged in the book despite teacher absences. By engaging with these materials, students will:

  • Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words

  • Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings

  • Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences

Plot-Based Quizzes: Evaluate general reading comprehension and hold students accountable for completing assigned readings. Alternatively, the quizzes may serve as guided reading handouts to facilitate purposeful engagement with the novel. By engaging with these materials, students will:

  • Demonstrate generalized knowledge of characters

  • Demonstrate generalized knowledge of settings

  • Demonstrate generalized knowledge of conflicts

Close Reading Inference Worksheets: Help students go beyond basic comprehension and develop critical thinking and literary craft analysis skills. By engaging with these materials, students will:

  • Read for literal comprehension

  • Consult reference materials to learn and verify word meanings as needed

  • Infer the intended effects of the author's word choices and narrative techniques

  • Determine the functions of given details

  • Describe tone in context

  • Examine how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop

  • Apply knowledge of various literary devices including foreshadowing, hyperbole, imagery, metaphor, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, personification, simile, situational irony, and more

  • Analyze the symbolic importance of objects

  • Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence

  • Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision

  • Come to class better prepared to discuss literature

Summative Test: In addition to objective questions on character, plot, literary devices, and passage analysis, an essay section is featured, requiring high school students to analyze a given passage for character development and symbolism. An answer key is included with sample essay. By completing this assessment, students will demonstrate an ability to:

  • Correctly identify characters based on given details and descriptions

  • Apply knowledge of literary devices including metaphor, simile, personification, oxymoron, and more

  • Analyze passages and make logical inferences in the context of those passages

  • Write a brief essay in which students defend claims with relevant textual evidence and adhere to the standard conventions of written English

Resources are available for a variety of engaging novels:

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Eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this comprehensive bundle for teaching The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Included are the following: nine plot-based quizzes (one per chapter), nine close reading inference worksheets (one per chapter), nine vocabulary application activities (one per chapter), nine crossword puzzles (one per chapter), nine word search games (one per chapter), an end-of-unit test, and answer keys for everything.