Reading: Forrest Gump


OOK: FORREST GUMP
HOMEWORK FOR NEXT THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 2013
Copy these activities into your notebook and answer the questions.

Chapters 1–2
Match the questions with the answers.

a How is Forrest different from other boys? 
b How is Jenny different from other girls? 
c What happened to Forrest’s father? 
d How does Miss Henderson help Forrest? 
e Why is Forrest allowed to go to highschool? 
f Why does Forrest have to leave town? 
g What does Forrest learn at university? 
h Why can’t Bubba play in the game? 

1 Because he can run very fast.
2 How to catch a ball.
3 Because he pulled Jenny’s dress open bymistake.
4 She teaches him how to read.
5 He has trouble talking.
6 He was killed in an unusual accident.
7 She is friendly towards Forrest.
8 Because he broke his foot.

Chapters 3–4
Answer these questions.

a Why do the men scream, ‘You’re an idiot!’ at Forrest? ……………
b How long does Forrest stay in Fort Benning?……………
c What are the ‘showers’ like in Vietnam?……………
d Who does Forrest meet in the jungle?……………
e Why did Bubba stop playing football?……………
f What happened to Jenny? ……………

Chapters 5–6
Finish these sentences.

a The President is going to give Forrest a medalbecause …………… .
b Forrest starts running in the airport because…………… .
c The pretty girl calls Forrest ‘an ape’ because…………… .
d Forrest doesn’t listen to the man readingbecause …………… .
e Forrest is in the newspapers because…………… .
f Colonel Gooch pulls Forrest away from thePresident because …………… .

Chapters 7–8
Who says the sentences a–h? Who are they talking to?

a ‘Can I wait?’
…………………… to ……………………
b ‘I didn’t leave school.’
…………………… to ……………………
c ‘Where do you live?’
…………………… to ……………………
d ‘Where’s Rudolph?’
…………………… to ……………………
e ‘What’s wrong with her?’
…………………… to ……………………
f ‘She just got out of prison.’
…………………… to ……………………
g ‘I want you to do something for me.’
…………………… to ……………………
h ‘You’re just the kind of person that they’relooking for!’
…………………… to ……………………

Are these sentences right or wrong?

a Jenny sings with The Broken Eggs.
b Jenny leaves Forrest because she thinkshe is interested in another girl.
c Jenny spends two nights in prison.
d Forrest throws away his medal becauseJenny asks him to.
e They put Forrest in prison because heis with Jenny.
f Forrest doesn’t stay in prison for longbecause they realise he is a good man.
g Forrest goes up into space with an apeand another man.
h It takes NASA four years to find thespaceship.
i The ape is female.
j Forrest meets Big Sam in the specialhospital.

Chapters 9–10
Finish these sentences.

a When Forrest meets Jenny again, she isworking in a ……………… .
b Forrest makes ……………… dollars a weekarm-wrestling.
c Forrest bets that he will ……………… afight after Mike tells him to lose it.
d Forrest loses all his ……………… .
e In Boston, Jenny realises that she……………… Forrest.
f Jenny leaves Forrest because he does a……………… thing.
g The bus stops in ……………… on the wayto Mobile.
h Forrest is going to start a ………………business.
i Forrest goes to a big ………………tournament in Los Angeles.
j Raquel Welch is a ……………… film star.

Chapters 11–12
Match the letters with the numbers tocomplete the sentences.

a Bayou la Batre is where …
b North Carolina is where …
c Mobile is where …
d Savannah is where …

1 Bubba’s parents live.
2 Forrest goes to have a holiday.
3 Forrest’s mother lives.
4 Jenny lives.

What do you think? Write the answers.

Why does Forrest decide to give away all hismoney? ……………………………………
Who does he give it to? ……………………
Do you think that he is right to do this?………………………………………………
Why or why not? ……………………………

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