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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. Where do Ennis and Alma move with their daughter after the place Ennis is working closes?
(a) Grover.
(b) Riverton.
(c) Tiverton.
(d) Dover.

2. What does Jack invite Ennis to do when Ennis wakes him up "with the clacking of his jaw" (259).
(a) Join him on his bedroll.
(b) Ride back to the sheep.
(c) Sleep outside in the cold.
(d) Go to the foreman's trailer.

3. What does Jack say he would like to do with Ennis when he is passing through Riverton?
(a) Meet his family.
(b) Get a motel.
(c) Go to a rodeo.
(d) Have a beer.

4. What color is Jack's pickup truck?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Silver.
(d) Red.

5. Why does Ennis have to leave the ranch he has been living on at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?
(a) He bought a new house.
(b) He has a plane to catch.
(c) It is being sold.
(d) He was fired.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack ask Ennis before getting into his pickup truck and leaving Brokeback Mountain?

2. How does Ennis reply to Jack's request in the letter he sent Ennis?

3. How did Ennis's parents die?

4. How many days does Ennis have to work to get the sheep back where they belong after not returning to them one night?

5. What does Joe Aguirre go to camp to tell Jack regarding his family?

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