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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 does the narrator say both Jack and Ennis were "inured" (254) to when describing their backgrounds at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?
(a) The stoic life.
(b) A life of chaos.
(c) A life of leisure.
(d) The city life.

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

3. Where does Ennis say he will sleep the first night he does not return to the sheep on Brokeback Mountain?
(a) In his truck.
(b) Outside by the fire.
(c) In the foreman's trailer.
(d) In Jack's truck.

4. What is the only thing Ennis enjoys reading, as explained after he begins working at Brokeback Mountain?
(a) Boots and Buckles Magazine.
(b) The L.L. Bean catalog.
(c) Hamley's saddle catalog.
(d) Burpee's seed catalog.

5. In what state were Ennis and Jack born?
(a) Utah.
(b) Montana.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Colorado.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Ennis apply for a hardship license?

2. What does Ennis do when Jack attempts to put his hand on his penis in the tent?

3. Who is Ennis engaged to when he and Jack meet?

4. How were 42 sheep lost the prior year at Brokeback Mountain according to Jack?

5. Who is the author of "Brokeback Mountain"?

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