Forrest Gump Chapter 7: Meeting Jenny Again

CHAPTER 7: Meeting Jenny Again

Soon after that, I heard that I was leaving the​ (a)   early, and they gave me some ​ (b)   for a train ticket to go ​ (c)   . But all this time, I was thinking about ​ (d)  

• army
• money
• home
• Jenny Curran.
• hospital
• Bubba
• tickets

Just before I left the ​ (a)   in Danang, I had a ​ (b)   from her. She was now playing in a group called ​ (c)   , and they played two nights each week at a place called the Hodaddy Club near ​ (d)   University.

• letter
• The Broken Eggs
• Harvard
• hospital
• airport
• The Broken Legs

Now that I was free from the ​ (a)   , I just wanted to go and see her. So I got a ​ (b)   for Boston, instead of Mobile. I tried to walk to the Hodaddy Club from the ​ (c)   , but I lost my way, so I took a ​ (d)   . It was in the afternoon, and the man behind the bar said, Jenny’ll be here about nine o’clock.’

• army
• ticket
• train station
• taxi
• train
• taxi station

‘Can I wait?’ I ​asked. ‘OK,’ he​ said. So I ​ sat down and waited for ​ (a)   hours. Students began to come in, most of them wearing dirty jeans. The men ​had ​ (b)   and the women had long, (c)   hair. Later, the group ─ The Broken Eggs ─ arrived, but I didn’t see Jenny. Then they​ began to play ─ and they were ​ (d)   . The music sounded like a plane that was taking off! But the students​ (e)   it.

• untidy
• tidy
• loved
• hated
• beards,
• loud
• five or six
• two or three

Match the sentence parts.

• again and Jenny began to sing.

• She was wearing blue jeans and

• a shirt with lots of colours on it.

• And then Jenny

• different.

• Her hair was all the way down her back, and

• came on! 

• The group started playing

• she was wearing sunglasses at night!

• She was

Later, I went outside and walked round for about half an hour, then ​ (a)   back. There were a lot of people waiting to go in, so I went round to the back of the place and ​ (b)   on the ground. I had my harmonica in my pocket, so I​ (c)   it out and started to play. I could hear the music that was playing inside and, after a minute or two, I (d)   playing with it. Suddenly, a door behind me ​ (e)   ─ and there was Jenny!

• went
• sat
• took
• opened
• ran
• closed
• began

‘Who is that playing the harmonica?’ she said. And then she ​ (a)   me. ‘Forrest Gump!’ And she ​ (b)   out of the door and ​ (c)   her arms round me. We talked together until it was time for her to ​ (d)   again.

• saw
• ran
• threw
• sing
• sang
• throw
• run
• see

‘I didn’t leave school,’ said Jenny. ‘They threw me out after they found a boy in my room one night. I went to California and stayed there for some time.’ She laughed. ‘I wore flowers in my hair, and talked about love. But the people that I was with were strange. Then I met a man, and we came to Boston. But he was dangerous. He was against the war, like me, but he blew up buildings and things. I couldn’t stay with him. Next, I met a teacher from Harvard University, but he was married. Then I began to sing with The Broken Eggs.’

WHICH IS NOT TRUE?

• Jenny got kicked out of school for breaking the rules.

• Jenny met a dangerous man in Boston.

• She became friends with a teacher.

• She got a job selling flowers.

‘Where do you live?’ I asked.

 

‘With my boyfriend,’ she said. ‘He’s a student. You can come

back and stay with us tonight.’

 

The boyfriend’s name was Rudolph. He was a little man, and he

was sitting on the floor with his eyes shut when we got to Jenny’s flat.

 

‘Rudolph, this is Forrest,’ Jenny said. ‘He’s a friend of mine from

home, and he’s going to stay with us for a few days.’

 

Rudolph didn’t speak or open his eyes, but he put up his hand

and smiled.

• stayed the night with Rudolph and Jenny.

• Rudolph

• was Jenny's new boyfriend.

• Jenny

• introduced Forrest to Rudolph.

• Forrest

Match the following sentence parts.

• asked Forrest where he had been.

• Jenny

• was Forrest's instrument.

• The harmonica

• started playing music at a Club.

• The Hodaddy

• was a music club.

• Rudolph

• left Jenny.

• Forrest Gump