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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. During the football games, what do the other players tell Forrest after they give him the ball?
(a) Duck.
(b) Tackle.
(c) Jump.
(d) Run.

2. What does Forrest know about people?
(a) When they avoid him.
(b) That everyone has a good side.
(c) When they cheat him.
(d) That not everyone is nice.

3. What does Forrest enjoy doing in the afternoons while recovering from his wound in Vietnam?
(a) Reading books.
(b) Playing chess.
(c) Sitting by the pond.
(d) Walking around the market.

4. What is Forrest's IQ too low for?
(a) A driver's license.
(b) A hunting license.
(c) College.
(d) The draft.

5. Who does Forrest have a movie date with in Chapter 2, which ends in disaster?
(a) Miss French.
(b) Sue.
(c) Jenny Curran.
(d) Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jenny do after she walks in on two girls seducing Forrest?

2. In Chapter 8, what does Forrest see a large group of people doing in San Francisco, CA?

3. What does Forrest say when handed his award at the award ceremony?

4. How do the barracks in the Army compare to Forrest's dorm in college?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Recall what happens between Chairman Mao and Forrest in Chapter 9.

2. Explain what three factors prove crucial for Forrest going forward in his life after the army.

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

4. Describe what Lt. Dan writes Forrest in his goodbye note, and how Forrest feels about it.

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

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

7. Recall what happens during and after Forrest's first University of Alabama football game.

8. Describe how Forrest's father died.

9. Recall what happens when Forrest finds Jenny protesting the war in Washington.

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

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