Forrest Gump

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Forrest Gump - Answer keys

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Answer keys

LEVEL 3

PENGUIN READERS

Teacher Support Programme

Book key

1 a  jungle  b  banana  c  boiler  d  harmonica 
 

e  helicopter  f  net

2 a  The story of America from the 1960s to the 1990s. 

b  Winston Groom also grew up in Mobile, Alabama, 

and fought in the Vietnam war. 

3 a, c, f and g are right. 
4 a  Coach Fellers, to the high school head teacher

b  the police, to Forrest’s mother

c  Forrest’s mother, to the police or Mrs Curran

d  Curtis, to a friend

e  Bubba, to a friend

f  Jenny, to a friend

5  Open answers
6 a  Weasel makes a mistake and they lose the game. 

b  Bubba puts Forrest on the bus to Mobile.

c  Forrest cooks for all the men at Fort Benning.

d  Jenny pays Forrest to play the harmonica.

e  Coach Bryant has taught Forrest to catch the 

football.

f  Forrest’s mother cries because Forrest joins the 

army.

7 a  Nobody. 

b  Because he isn’t clever enough at the lessons.

c  Because he cooks it in the boiler.

d  Enemy soldiers try to blow them up.

e  Jenny.

8 Open answers
9  b, c, e, g, i and j happen.
10–11  Open answers
12 a  to catch b  for helping c  don’t think 
 

d  are killing e  invites f  pulls down 

g  sings with h  out with

13 a  He goes to a hospital in Danang because somebody 

has shot him in the leg.

b  His plane home from Vietnam takes him to San 

Francisco.

c  He goes to Washington to meet the President of the 

United States. 

d  He goes to Boston to find Jenny.

14  Open answers
15 a  doesn’t ask 

b  isn’t / is

c  wants to stop the war

d  hits one of the President’s men

e  is an idiot

f  the jungle

g  working at the Temperer factory in Indianapolis

h  arm-wrestling in a bar

i  purposely

16–17  Open answers
18 a  ✗ – He wins.

b  ✗ – She shouts and screams.

c  3

d  3

e  ✗ – He makes lots of money and employs four 

people.

f  3

g  3

19 a  Forrest plays chess with Mr Tribble.

b  Forrest gets a part in a film.

c  Forrest stops playing chess for money.

d  Bubba’s father helps Forrest to start his shrimp 

business. 

20 Open answers
21 a  Forrest to Sue  b  Jenny to Little Forrest
 

c  Forrest to Jenny  d  Little Forrest to Jenny

 

e  Mr Tribble to Forrest

22  a  her son  b  Forrest’s  c  likes Forrest
 

d  Jenny and little Forrest  e  father

23  Open answers
24  Forrest has done: a, c, e, f, h, j and k.
25–34  Open answers

Discussion activities key

1–3 Open answers
4 Possible answer:
 

Yes, I would like to have Forrest as a friend because he 
is very friendly and honest.

5–10 Open answers
11 Possible answer:
 

Forrest is in a jungle in Vietnam. He is running very 
fast and carrying an injured man over his shoulder 
because he is trying to save the man from danger. 
He is feeling very scared because he is shouting and 
screaming as loudly as he can.

12 Students should figure out that Jenny wants Forrest 

to throw away his medal because it is a famous medal, 
and by throwing it away, Forrest can make a strong 
statement against the Vietnam War.

13–18 Open answers

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Answer keys

LEVEL 3

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Teacher Support Programme

Activity worksheets key

1 a  5 b  7 c  6 d  4 e  1 f  3 g  2 h  8
2–3 Open answers
4 a  Because he uses the boiler to cook in.

b  For one year.

c  They are in a long hole in the ground for the men 

to stand in while somebody throws water over 
them.

d  Bubba.

e  Because his foot got too bad.

f  She left school and went off with a group of people.

5–6 Open answers
7 a  he was very brave

b  he doesn’t want the people to start throwing things 

at him

c  she is against the war / she hates men who were 

brave in the war / Forrest looks big and strong like 
an ape

d  he is hungry and wants some breakfast

e  he pulls his trousers down and shows the President 

where he was shot

f  he doesn’t want the newspapermen to take 

photographs of Forrest with his trousers down

8  Open answers
9 a  Forrest to the man behind the bar

b  Jenny to Forrest

 

c  Forrest to Jenny

d  Forrest to Jenny

e  Forrest to one of the two men

f  one of the two men to Forrest

g  Jenny to Forrest 

 

h  the doctors to Forrest 

10 a  3  b  3  c  ✗  d  3  e  ✗  f  ✗  g  ✗
 

h  3  i  ✗  j  ✗

11 a  factory  b  two hundred  c  lose  d  money 
 

e  loves  f  bad  g  Nashville  h  shrimp  i  chess

 

j  famous

12 Open answers
13  a  1  b  4  c  3  d  2
14–16 Open answers

Progress test key

1  a  cleverer  b  inches  c  football  d  milk  e  tall
  f  parties  g  harmonica  h  singer
2  a  T  b  NT  c  T  d  NT  e  NT  f  T  g  NT 
  h  NT
3  a  after  b  after  c  before  d  before  e  after 
  f  before
4  a  6  b  3  c  8  d  4  e  7  f  5  g  1  h  2
5  a  Moses  b  Jenny  c  Sue  d  Forrest  e  Mike
  f  Felder  g  Forrest  h  Honest Ivan
6  a  days  b  thousand  c  sad  d  Sue  e  husband
  f  clever  g  football  h  thirty