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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only thing Ennis ever said to Jack while on Brokeback Mountain regarding their affair?
(a) We should not be doing this.
(b) I'm not no queer.
(c) I love you.
(d) I'm a married man.

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

3. With what organization do both Jack and Ennis sign up to get work the year they met?
(a) Wyoming Workers United.
(b) Farm and Ranch Employment.
(c) Ranch Hands of America.
(d) Farm Labor Corps.

4. Where does Ennis keep the clothes he puts on at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?
(a) In a backpack.
(b) On a nail by the door.
(c) Under his bed.
(d) In his closet.

5. What is the first thing Ennis makes when he wakes up at the beginning of "Brokeback Mountain"?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Homefries.

6. In what month does Alma become pregnant with their first child?
(a) January.
(b) December.
(c) November.
(d) February.

7. 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 lost his horse.
(b) He hurt his ankle.
(c) He is too drunk.
(d) He plans to quit.

8. What does Jack ask Ennis before getting into his pickup truck and leaving Brokeback Mountain?
(a) He asks Ennis if he can break off his engagement with Alma.
(b) He asks Ennis when he will see him again.
(c) He asks Ennis if he will be back next summer.
(d) He asks Ennis to go have a beer with him.

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

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

11. What does Ennis do when Jack attempts to put his hand on his penis in the tent?
(a) Curses at Jack.
(b) Runs out of the tent.
(c) Jerks his hand away.
(d) Lets him.

12. Where is Ennis working when his daughter is born?
(a) Lost Cabin.
(b) Elwood Hi-Top.
(c) Washakie Ranch.
(d) Smoky Mountain.

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

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

15. What state did Ennis's hometown border?
(a) Utah.
(b) Montana.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Nebraska.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month do Ennis and Alma marry?

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

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

4. What word is used to describe both Jack and Ennis's manner and way of speaking at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?

5. Where does Ennis urinate at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?

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