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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. After pulling out his harmonica while listening to Jenny play, what is Forrest asked to do?
(a) Join in.
(b) Get out.
(c) Perform a solo.
(d) Be quiet.

2. What is the special school that Forrest attends considered?
(a) Okay.
(b) Horrific.
(c) Useless.
(d) Wonderful.

3. In Chapter 8, what does Forrest see a large group of people doing in San Francisco, CA?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Protesting.
(d) Welcoming home the war heroes.

4. Which team wins at the Orange Bowl in Chapter 4?
(a) Gerogia.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Florida.

5. Who does Forrest rescue from drowning while in Peking?
(a) A little boy.
(b) Mr. Chi.
(c) Chairman Mao.
(d) A pregnant woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does Forrest need to do while at the award ceremony?

2. How is football practice for Forrest?

3. Where is the hospital located that Forrest recovers at in Vietnam?

4. What planet does NASA ask Forrest to go on his first mission to?

5. How does Forrest finally manage to be let off from his punishment for causing an explosion?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Explain why Forrest's mama is crying when he returns home from school.

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

6. Recall what happens when Forrest is put in charge of the kitchen.

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

8. Describe what happens when Forrest and Jenny are reunited in Chapter 10.

9. Give two examples from that text that demonstrate how Forrest is treated when he gets home from Vietnam.

10. Describe how Forrest's father died.

(see the answer keys)

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