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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 happens to Forrest after he causes an explosion in Chapter 5?
(a) He must clean the bathrooms with a toothbrush every weekend.
(b) He must run ten miles every weekend.
(c) He is confined to quarters every weekend.
(d) He must do a hundred push-ups every day.

2. What does Jenny wrap around Forrest at the demonstration in Chapter 11?
(a) Chains.
(b) Twine.
(c) Ropes.
(d) Ribbons.

3. How has Forrest been treated in his life?
(a) Badly.
(b) Wonderfully.
(c) Pretty good.
(d) Okay.

4. How many months does Forrest stay in the hospital in Vietnam?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. After Forrest runs into Jenny at college, what does she invite him to do?
(a) Hear her punk music group play.
(b) Hear her rock music group play.
(c) Hear her folk music group play.
(d) Hear her classical music group play.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the band Forrest joins in Chapter 11?

2. What does Mr. Wilkins coach Forrest about?

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

4. How many touchdowns does Forrest score in the opening game at college?

5. How is football practice for Forrest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize how Forrest was raised and his early schooling.

2. Describe what happens on Forrest and Jenny's first date.

3. Briefly describe Forrest's experience with football.

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

5. Recall how Forrest meets his friend Bubba.

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

7. Explain what the Mose, the drummer from The Cracked Eggs, introduces to Forrest in Chapter 11 and how it affects Forrest.

8. Explain how Forrest does in his courses in Chapter 3.

9. Describe what happens to Forrest at the beginning of Chapter 5 that has to do with college.

10. Describe what happens at St. Elizabeth's Hospital that gets Forrest recruited to NASA.

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