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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. What time does Ennis Del Mar wake up at the beginning of "Brokeback Mountain"?
(a) 7:30 a.m.
(b) 9 a.m.
(c) 5 a.m.
(d) 3 a.m.

2. What is one thing Ennis likes about living in their apartment?
(a) That it can be left at anytime.
(b) That is was big.
(c) That it is close to a bar.
(d) That it is right near the laundry.

3. What phrase foreshadows what happens between Jack and Ennis in Jack's tent the night Ennis does not return to the sheep?
(a) In a little while they deepened their intimacy considerably.
(b) Quit hammering and get over here.
(c) Got you a extra blanket.
(d) I'll roll up out here and grab forty winks.

4. Why does Jack have a bruised jaw the day he leaves Brokeback Mountain?
(a) He fell off his horse.
(b) Ennis punched him.
(c) He tripped and fell while drunk.
(d) Joe Aguirre punched him.

5. What does Ennis tell Jack he did first thing in the morning the first night he slept with the sheep?
(a) Had a big breakfast.
(b) Lost a sheep.
(c) Heated some coffee.
(d) Shot a coyote.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Ennis to stop going to school and to return to ranch work after his parent's death?

2. Why is Jack told he must sleep with the sheep when he starts work at Brokeback Mountain?

3. What happens one night when Ennis does not return to the sheep?

4. What does Jack invite Ennis to do when Ennis wakes him up "with the clacking of his jaw" (259).

5. Where does Jack suggest Ennis sleep the first night he does not return to the sheep at Brokeback Mountain?

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