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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Forrest head at the beginning of Chapter 10?

2. What is the special school that Forrest attends considered?

3. In what city does Jenny discover two girls trying to seduce Forrest?

4. In Chapter 7, who does Forrest hurry to tell about his award, but finds him gone?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Briefly describe Forrest's experience with football.

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

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

7. Describe how Forrest Gump introduces himself in Chapter 1.

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

9. Describe what happens when Forrest audits Dr. Quackenbush's new course, "Role of the Idiot in World Literature."

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Forrest mental capacity makes him naive and somewhat innocent to many things in life. Examine Forrest's innocence and naivety, and determine how it often gets him into trouble in his life. How does Forrest's mental capacity make him innocent to many things in life? How does this innocence make him naive to things in life? Do other people take advantage of Forrest's naivety? Does Forrest realize that he is somewhat gullible and naive? How can people take advantage of him?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the theme of Forrest's unfaltering determination, particularly when it comes to Jenny. What is determination? How and why is this a quality that Forrest possesses? Why is Forrest so determined to find Jenny again and again? Why is she so important to him? How does Forrest's determination sometimes get him into trouble?

Essay Topic 3

When Forrest comes home from Vietnam, he is not treated as a big war hero from the American public; he is confronted with protesters. Examine the anti-war movement during the Vietnam war and analyze its affect on Forrest. Did people willingly sign up to fight in the Vietnam war? What are some examples of things that people did to protest the Vietnam War? How did this movement affect or change history? How does Forrest feel about the people protesting the war?

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