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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 pp. 258 - 263.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what town was Jack Twist born?
(a) Lighting Flat.
(b) Winter Valley.
(c) Thunder Mountain.
(d) Hurricane Plains.

2. Why does Ennis decide not to go back to the sheep one night after he had moved his camp further away from the main camp?
(a) He hurt his ankle.
(b) He lost his horse.
(c) He plans to quit.
(d) He is too drunk.

3. Why does Joe shut down the camp early the year Ennis and Jack work on Brokeback Mountain?
(a) All the sheep got lost.
(b) He saw what Jack and Ennis were up to.
(c) Joe's mother died.
(d) A large storm is coming.

4. What is position is Ennis hired for on Brokeback Mountain the year he and Jack meet?
(a) Foreman.
(b) Cook.
(c) Herder.
(d) Camp tender.

5. What caused Ennis to stop going to school and to return to ranch work after his parent's death?
(a) He had a baby.
(b) His truck broke down.
(c) He found it boring.
(d) He failed all his classes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What health issue is Ennis's second daughter born with?

2. How did Ennis's parents die?

3. What is the first thing Ennis makes when he wakes up at the beginning of "Brokeback Mountain"?

4. What does Ennis tell Jack he did first thing in the morning the first night he slept with the sheep?

5. What does the narrator say both Jack and Ennis were "inured" (254) to when describing their backgrounds at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?

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