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While reading e Why did Bubba stop playing football?
Chapters 1–2 ……………
1 Match the questions with the answers. f What happened to Jenny? ……………
a How is Forrest different from other boys? c 5 Write a letter.
b How is Jenny different from other girls? c Pretend that you are Bubba and write a letter to
c What happened to Forrest’s father? c your father. Describe the war and explain how
d How does Miss Henderson help Forrest? c you met up with Forrest in the jungle.
e Why is Forrest allowed to go to high Chapters 5–6
school? c 6 Work in groups.
f Why does Forrest have to leave town? c Form a small group and discuss what war is like.
g What does Forrest learn at university? c Write down all the words that you can think of
h Why can’t Bubba play in the game? c to describe war. Then work together to write a
1 Because he can run very fast. story about war using seven of the words.
2 How to catch a ball. 7 Finish these sentences.
3 Because he pulled Jenny’s dress open by a The President is going to give Forrest a medal
mistake. because …………… .
4 She teaches him how to read. b Forrest starts running in the airport because
5 He has trouble talking. …………… .
6 He was killed in an unusual accident. c The pretty girl calls Forrest ‘an ape’ because
7 She is friendly towards Forrest. …………… .
8 Because he broke his foot. d Forrest doesn’t listen to the man reading
2 Work in pairs. because …………… .
Student A is Forrest’s mother and Student B is a e Forrest is in the newspapers because
friend of hers. Forrest’s mother should talk about …………… .
Forrest and his problems. She should also talk f Colonel Gooch pulls Forrest away from the
about her hopes and fears for him. Her friend President because …………… .
should ask Forrest’s mother questions about 8 Work in groups.
Forrest and give her advice about what she In this chapter, you read about people who are
should do. against the Vietnam War. Discuss your opinions
Chapters 3 – 4 about war in general. Do you think that there are
3 Work in pairs. times when a country must go to war? Or do you
Student A is Coach Bryant and Student B is think that war is always a bad thing?
Jenny. Coach Bryant meets Jenny for the first Chapters 7–8
time. He should tell Jenny why he likes Forrest. 9 Who says the sentences a–h? Who are they
He should also tell her about the big game and talking to?
how Forrest played. Jenny should tell Coach a ‘Can I wait?’
Bryant why she likes Forrest. She should also tell …………………… to ……………………
him about her musical group and Forrest’s part b ‘I didn’t leave school.’
in it. …………………… to ……………………
4 Answer these questions. c ‘Where do you live?’
a Why do the men scream, ‘You’re an idiot!’ at …………………… to ……………………
Forrest? …………… d ‘Where’s Rudolph?’
b How long does Forrest stay in Fort Benning? …………………… to ……………………
…………… e ‘What’s wrong with her?’
c What are the ‘showers’ like in Vietnam? …………………… to ……………………
…………… f ‘She just got out of prison.’
d Who does Forrest meet in the jungle? …………………… to ……………………
……………
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g ‘I want you to do something for me.’ 12 Work in pairs. Write the conversation.
…………………… to …………………… Student A is Jenny and Student B is Forrest.
h ‘You’re just the kind of person that they’re Jenny should tell Forrest that she is leaving him
looking for!’ and explain why she has decided to do this.
…………………… to …………………… Forrest should listen to Jenny and tell her how
10 Are these sentences right (3) or wrong (7)? he feels about her decision to leave him.
a Jenny sings with The Broken Eggs. c Chapters 11–12
b Jenny leaves Forrest because she thinks 13 Match the letters with the numbers to
he is interested in another girl. c complete the sentences.
c Jenny spends two nights in prison. c a Bayou la Batre is where …
d Forrest throws away his medal because b North Carolina is where …
Jenny asks him to. c c Mobile is where …
e They put Forrest in prison because he d Savannah is where …
is with Jenny. c 1 Bubba’s parents live.
f Forrest doesn’t stay in prison for long 2 Forrest goes to have a holiday.
because they realise he is a good man. c 3 Forrest’s mother lives.
g Forrest goes up into space with an ape 4 Jenny lives.
and another man. c 14 Discuss these questions with another student.
h It takes NASA four years to find the What do you think? Write the answers.
spaceship. c Why does Forrest decide to give away all his
i The ape is female. c money? ……………………………………
j Forrest meets Big Sam in the special Who does he give it to? ……………………
hospital. c Do you think that he is right to do this?
Chapters 9 –10 ………………………………………………
11 Finish these sentences. Why or why not? ……………………………
a When Forrest meets Jenny again, she is After reading
working in a ……………… . 15 What do you think Winston Groom is trying to
b Forrest makes ……………… dollars a week say in the book? Write a paragraph to answer this
arm-wrestling. question.
c Forrest bets that he will ……………… a
fight 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 way
to 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.

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Chapters 1–2 Chapters 7–8
1 Write the right words in the sentences. 4 What happens first? What happens next? Write the
cleverer football harmonica inches numbers 1– 8.
milk parties singer tall a Forrest goes to Washington. c
a Forrest is ………… than people think. b Forrest meets Rudolph. c
b Forrest grows six ………… in six months. c NASA sends Forrest into space. c
c Fellers is a ………… coach. d Forrest and Jenny start kissing. c
d The boy throws ………… at Forrest. e Jenny asks Forrest to throw away his medal. c
e Curtis isn’t very ………… . f Jenny tells Forrest to find another place to live. c
f Nobody asks Forrest to go to ………… . g Forrest waits for Jenny at the club. c
g Bubba gives Forrest a ………… . h Jenny hears Forrest playing his harmonica. c
h Jenny wants to be a ………… .
Chapters 9–10
Chapters 3 – 4 5 Who are the people in italics?
2 Are these sentences true (T) or not true (NT)? a ‘I don’t know what happened to Jenny.’
a Jenny plays music with other people. c ………………
b Forrest plays in the Apple Bowl. c b ‘She went to Indianapolis.’ ………………
c Coach Bryant tells Forrest to run like a wild c ‘What happened to him?’ ………………
animal. c d ‘You can make a lot more money.’ ………………
d Forrest’s mother wants Forrest to go in the e ‘I can teach you.’ ………………
army. c f ‘You’re just what I need for a film that I’m making.’
e The food at Fort Benning is very good. c ………………
f The enemy soldiers try to blow up Forrest and g ‘He has to play chess in a tournament tomorrow.’
the other men. c ………………
g Bubba’s foot is bad, so he can’t be in the army. c h ‘He was a big man, with long black hair, and he
h Jenny is with a group of people who like the didn’t want to lose!’ ………………
war. c
Chapters 11–12
Chapters 5 – 6 6 Underline the right words.
3 Write before or after in these sentences. a Two days / years later, Forrest and Sue go to Bayou
a The men move off the hill ………… the planes la Batre.
come. b After a year, Forrest has thirty million / thousand
b Forrest takes the machine gun from Bones dollars.
………… an enemy soldier shoots Bones. c Forrest is very happy / sad when he finds out that
c Forrest picks up his machine gun ………… he Jenny is married.
runs toward some trees. d Forrest and Curtis / Sue go to Savannah.
d Forrest plays a song for Bubba ………… Bubba e Donald is Jenny’s brother / husband.
dies. f Little Forrest is very clever / stupid.
e Forrest goes to the White House ………… the g Little Forrest wants to be a chess / football player.
pretty girl calls him an ape. h Forrest and Jenny have been friends for ten / thirty
f The President gives Forrest the medal ………… years.
Forrest eats breakfast.

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