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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Forrest see Jenny doing on the television?
(a) Dancing in an audience.
(b) Singing in the band.
(c) Particpating in a game show.
(d) Protesting the war.

2. What is the name of Forrest's high school football coach?
(a) Coach Fellers.
(b) Coach Dan.
(c) Coach Bubba.
(d) Coach Bryant.

3. What does Forrest not get invited to while at college?
(a) The college girl's choice dance.
(b) The dorm parties.
(c) His roommate's birthday party.
(d) The after-game parties.

4. Who explains to Forrest how to breed shrimp in a swamp?
(a) Mr. Chi.
(b) Lt. Dan.
(c) Bubba.
(d) Doyle.

5. What is Forrest summarizing when he sets fire to a set in Chapter 11?
(a) A scene in Shakespeare's King Lear.
(b) A scene in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
(c) A scene in Shakespear's As You Like It.
(d) A scene in Shakespear's Othello.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Forrest have a movie date with in Chapter 2, which ends in disaster?

2. Why is Forrest's mama crying when he gets home from college?

3. What is just starting when Forrest arrives at his first city in Vietnam?

4. What is the name of Forrest's psychiatrist in Chapter 12?

5. How does Forrest describe the food in the Army?

Short Essay Questions

1. List what Mr. Wilkins is hired to coach Forrest on while he is in Peking, China.

2. Explain what happens to Forrest's best friend Bubba in Chapter 6.

3. Recall how Forrest meets his friend Bubba.

4. Describe Forrest and Jenny's relationship in Chapter 4.

5. Describe what happens when Forrest meets President Lyndon B. Johnson in Chapter 8.

6. Describe where Forrest first stays at the University of Alabama.

7. Compare how Forrest feels about the Army to football and life in college.

8. Describe what happens when Forrest, Doyle, and Bones are sent on a dangerous mission in Vietnam.

9. Recall what happens during the Orange Bowl in Chapter 4.

10. Recall what mama and Jenny write Forrest in their letters in Chapter 7.

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