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chapter 2
directions: read the great gatsby, and use the passage to answer the questions below.
\thats no police dog.\ said tom

o, its not exactly a police dog.\ said the man with disappointment in his voice. \its more of an airedale.\ he passed his hand over the brown washrag of a back. \look at that coat. some coat. thats a dog thatll never bother you with catching cold.\
\i think its cute,\ said mrs. wilson enthusiastically. \how much is it?\
\that dog?\ he looked at it admiringly. \that dog will cost you ten dollars.\
the airedale changed hands and settled down into mrs. wilsons lap where she fondled the weather - proof coat with rapture.
\is it a boy or a girl?\ she asked delicately.
\that dog? that dogs a boy.\
\its a bitch,\ said tom decisively. \heres your money.\
we drove over to fifth avenue. it was warm and soft, almost pastoral, on that summer sunday afternoon.
\hold on,\ i said, \i have to leave you here.\

o, you dont,\ interposed tom quickly.
\myrtlell be hurt if you dont come up to the apartment. wont you, myrtle?\
\come on,\ she urged. \ill telephone my sister catherine. shes said to be very beautiful by people who ought to know.\
\well, id like to, but ——\
we went on, cutting back again over the park toward the west hundreds. at 158th street, the cab stopped at one slice in a long white cake of apartment - houses. throwing a regal homecoming glance around the neighborhood, mrs. wilson gathered up her dog and her other purchases and went haughtily in.
\im going to have the mckees come up,\ she announced as we rose in the elevator. \and, of course, i got to call up my sister, too.\
the apartment was on the top floor — a small living room, a small dining room, a small bedroom, and a bath. the living room was crowded to the doors with a set of tapestried furniture entirely too large for it, so that to move about was to stumble continually over scenes of ladies swinging in the gardens of versailles. the only picture was an over - enlarged photograph, apparently a hen sitting on a blurred rock. looked at from a distance, however, the hen resolved itself into a bonnet, and the countenance of a stout old lady beamed down into the room. several old magazines lay on the table. mrs. wilson was first concerned with the dog. a reluctant elevator boy went for a box full of straw and some milk, to which he added a tin of large, hard dog biscuits—one of which decomposed apathetically in the saucer of milk all afternoon. meanwhile, tom brought out a bottle of whiskey from a locked bureau door.

1. why does myrtle wait for several taxis to pass before she chooses one?
2. why might the author have included the scene where myrtle and tom buy the dog and bring it to the apartment?
3. which of the following best describes the apartment?

a. the apartment is classy and tasteful.
b. the apartment is cluttered and dirty.
c. the apartment attempts to look high - class but fails.
d. the apartment, like the photograph, is an illusion.

1. the dogs biscuit could symbolize all of the following except

a. carelessness.
b. wastefulness.
c. hopelessness.
d. thoughtlessness.

Explanation:

1. There is no information in the passage about Myrtle waiting for several taxis, so this question cannot be answered based on the given text.
2. The scene of buying the dog and bringing it to the apartment may show the characters' attempt to add some normal - life elements to their extramarital relationship, and also reveal the emptiness of their lives.
3. The text describes the living room as crowded with tapestried furniture that is too large for the space, and the over - enlarged photograph that looks odd. This indicates that the apartment attempts to look high - class but fails.
4. The dog's biscuit decomposes apathetically in the saucer of milk all afternoon, which can symbolize carelessness, wastefulness, and thoughtlessness, but not hopelessness.

Answer:

1. No answer based on the passage
2. To show the characters' lives and relationship
3. c. The apartment attempts to look high - class but fails.
4. c. hopelessness