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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year do Jack and Ennis meet?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1963.

2. Where is Ennis at the beginning of "Brokeback Mountain"?
(a) His log cabin.
(b) His apartment.
(c) His condo.
(d) His trailer.

3. 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 is too drunk.
(c) He plans to quit.
(d) He lost his horse.

4. 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 was fired.
(c) He has a plane to catch.
(d) It is being sold.

5. What job does Ennis land after his time at Brokeback Mountain and a few ranch jobs?
(a) Bar tender.
(b) Wrangler.
(c) Grocer.
(d) Herder.

6. What does Joe point out to Ennis after paying him for his work on Brokeback Mountain?
(a) That he will not be hired again.
(b) Some of the sheep he returned with are not the ones he went up with.
(c) His binoculars.
(d) Most of his sheep are gone.

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

8. What do Ennis and Alma name their first daughter?
(a) Ennis, Jr.
(b) Jackie.
(c) Alma, Jr.
(d) Ellis.

9. Why does Ennis move his camp further away from the main camp later in the summer at Brokeback Mountain?
(a) He likes to be alone.
(b) He has to move as the sheep move.
(c) He does not want to be anywhere near Jack.
(d) He does not want to be bothered by the foreman.

10. Who helps Ennis get the sheep after the night he did not return to them and stayed with Jack?
(a) A Chilean herder.
(b) Jack.
(c) Joe Aguirre.
(d) Basque.

11. What does Jack note when watching Ennis undress before he washed himself after the first night he spent out with the sheep?
(a) He lacked muscle.
(b) He was heavy set.
(c) He wore no socks or underwear.
(d) He had a scar across his back.

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

13. How many days does Ennis have to work to get the sheep back where they belong after not returning to them one night?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

14. How were 42 sheep lost the prior year at Brokeback Mountain according to Jack?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Predator.
(c) A lighting storm.
(d) Disease.

15. How did Ennis's parents die?
(a) They were murdered.
(b) Cancer.
(c) A plane crash.
(d) A car crash.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How old was Ennis when he got his license?

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

5. With whom does Ennis think he might have to stay with at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?

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