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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. What is the name of Forrest's high school football coach?

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

3. After staying briefly in a dorm room, where does Forrest move to at college?

4. What is Forrest's IQ too low for?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Forrest's two month stay at a hospital in Danang.

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

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

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

6. Recall how Forrest claims to have read about idiots in literature, and list those authors.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The suspension of disbelief is the reader's passing acceptance of story elements as believable, regardless of how far-fetched they may seem in real life. Explore the use of suspension of disbelief in Forrest Gump, analyzing the affect on the overall story. What is suspension of disbelief? How is this an effective literary tool in Forrest Gump?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 10, Forrest is reunited with his childhood friend, Jenny. Forrest almost doesn't recognize Jenny because of how much she has changed. This reinvention of oneself was not unusual during the late 1960's. Analyze the character of Jenny, and explore how much she has changed throughout the novel. What kind of person is Jenny now? How has she changed? Does Forrest like these differences?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the use of motifs in literature and examine those used in Forrest Gump.

Part 1) Why are motifs so important to the story?

Part 2) What does a motif add to a story?

Part 3) How important are the motif's in Forrest Gump?

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