NGL V2 Forrest Gump

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14 questions

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NGL V2 Forrest Gump

Last updated about 4 years ago

14 questions

Note from the author:

Film appreciation test as part of literature curriculum

Instructions

Read the questions carefully before you start writing. 
Answer all the questions in English.  
There is a copy/paste tool in GoFormative.  This allows your teacher to see if you have copied and pasted an answer. DO NOT do this even if it is to change something - you're answer will be given NO POINTS. 

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item

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What did Forrest's mama call his leg braces?

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Which King did the young Forrest meet?

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Americans call university college. It's very expensive to go to college in the USA. Forrest could go because he got a scholarship (studiebeurs). What did he get his scholarship for?

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Forrest joins the army, and goes to Vietnam to fight in the war. Jenny becomes a hippy. Explain the irony of this situation.

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''Right then, God showed up.'' This is said by Forrest right before the storm on the boat hit them. Explain why ''God showed up'' for Forrest and Lieutenant Dan.

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Film appreciation test as part of literature curriculum

Read the questions carefully before you start writing. 
Answer all the questions in English.  
There is a copy/paste tool in GoFormative.  This allows your teacher to see if you have copied and pasted an answer. DO NOT do this even if it is to change something - you're answer will be given NO POINTS. 

Why is life like a box of chocolates, as Forrest's mama used to say?

She loves chocolate

She loves surprises

You never know what you're going to get

There's never a bad one

Forrest is named after a 'hero of The South'. Why is that ironic?

He was an influential politician but heroes are not supposed to be corrupt

He was a leader in the Ku Klux Klan but heroes are not bullies

He lived to be a very old man but didn't have a lot to say about himself

The South lost the civil war but heroes never lose

Who or what was Charlie? (Forest and the other soldiers were always looking it)

The name given to the helicopter that takes the wounded away

A lost USA general

The base that the soldiers had to return to

The nickname given to the Vietnamese army 

Link the following by either finishing off the quote or matching who says it

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Complete this quote: "I'm not a smart man... but I know what ____________ is."		peas & carrotts
Who said this: "You're a genius! That's the most outstanding answer I have ever heard!"		Forrest Gump
Complete this quote: "From that day on, we was always together. Jenny and me was like ___________."		stupid does
Who said this concluding statement: "That's all I have to say about that."		Jenny
Complete this quote: "Stupid is as ___________."		shoes
Who said this: "If you're ever in trouble, don't be brave. You just run, OK? Just run away."		love
Complete this quote: “You can tell a lot about a person by their ___________; where they going, where they been."		The drill sargeant

What did Forrest's mama call his leg braces?

Which King did the young Forrest meet?

Americans call university college. It's very expensive to go to college in the USA. Forrest could go because he got a scholarship (studiebeurs). What did he get his scholarship for?

Why did Bubba know so much about the shrimping business?

His mother always cooked him shrimp as a kid.

His family had worked in the shrimping industry for generations.

Everyone in Bayou La Batre knows everything about shrimping. 

His uncle always told stories about his shrimping boat. 

Forrest joins the army, and goes to Vietnam to fight in the war. Jenny becomes a hippy. Explain the irony of this situation.

Why was Forrest awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, one of the United States of America's highest honours?

He fought very well in the war. 

He saved a lot of of soldiers' lives.

He called in air stikes on the enemy while in Vietnam.

He remembered to change his socks regularly.

Why is Lieutenant Dan so angry and then sad at night when they were both in the infirmary after the attack?

Because he felt useless now.

Because he had lost his legs. 

Because he was angry at Forrest his friend

Because he thought it was his destiny to die, like the rest of his family. 

Why was Ping Pong so important in the film?

It was another chance for America to show that they were the best nation in the world. 

Ping Pong opened up peace talks between communist China and capitalist America. 

Gump made a lot of money with Ping Pong in China.

The Chinese played a tournament in America

''Right then, God showed up.'' This is said by Forrest right before the storm on the boat hit them. Explain why ''God showed up'' for Forrest and Lieutenant Dan.

Why was Forrest visibly upset when he discovered he had a son?

He wasn't able to take care of him.

He was angry at Jenny for hiding this secret. 

He didn't want to take care of him.

He was afraid he would be like him not smart.

Why is life like a box of chocolates, as Forrest's mama used to say? 

She loves chocolate

She loves surprises

You never know what you're going to get

There's never a bad one

Forrest is named after a 'hero of The South'.  Why is that ironic?

He was an influential politician but heroes are not supposed to be corrupt

He was a leader in the Ku Klux Klan but heroes are not bullies

He lived to be a very old man but didn't have a lot to say about himself

The South lost the civil war but heroes never lose

Who or what was Charlie?  (Forest and the other soldiers were always looking it)

The name given to the helicopter that takes the wounded away

A lost USA general

The base that the soldiers had to return to

The nickname given to the Vietnamese army 

Link the following by either finishing off the quote or matching who says it

Complete this quote: "I'm not a smart man... but I know what ____________ is."

peas & carrotts

Who said this: "You're a genius! That's the most outstanding answer I have ever heard!"

Forrest Gump

Complete this quote: "From that day on, we was always together. Jenny and me was like ___________."

stupid does

Who said this concluding statement: "That's all I have to say about that."

Jenny

Complete this quote: "Stupid is as ___________."

shoes

Who said this: "If you're ever in trouble, don't be brave. You just run, OK? Just run away."

love 

Complete this quote: “You can tell a lot about a person by their ___________; where they going, where they been."

The drill sargeant

Why did Bubba know so much about the shrimping business?

His mother always cooked him shrimp as a kid.

His family had worked in the shrimping industry for generations.

Everyone in Bayou La Batre knows everything about shrimping. 

His uncle always told stories about his shrimping boat. 

Why was Forrest awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, one of the United States of America's highest honours?

He fought very well in the war. 

He saved a lot of of soldiers' lives.

He called in air stikes on the enemy while in Vietnam.

He remembered to change his socks regularly.

Why is Lieutenant Dan so angry and then sad at night when they were both in the infirmary after the attack?

Because he felt useless now.

Because he had lost his legs. 

Because he was angry at Forrest his friend

Because he thought it was his destiny to die, like the rest of his family. 

Why was Ping Pong so important in the film?

It was another chance for America to show that they were the best nation in the world. 

Ping Pong opened up peace talks between communist China and capitalist America. 

Gump made a lot of money with Ping Pong in China.

The Chinese played a tournament in America

Why was Forrest visibly upset when he discovered he had a son?

He wasn't able to take care of him.

He was angry at Jenny for hiding this secret. 

He didn't want to take care of him.

He was afraid he would be like him not smart.