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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Joe Aguirre learn of Ennis and Jack's affair?
(a) He heard them in the night.
(b) Jack told him.
(c) Another worker told him.
(d) He saw them threw binoculars.

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

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

4. What was Ennis's highest level of education?
(a) Post-Graduate School.
(b) Some high school.
(c) College.
(d) Some college.

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

6. How does Ennis reply to Jack's request in the letter he sent Ennis?
(a) I can't wait.
(b) You bet.
(c) My wife would kill me.
(d) Not a chance.

7. What state did Jack's hometown border?
(a) Utah.
(b) Idaho.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Montana.

8. 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) Shot a coyote.
(c) Heated some coffee.
(d) Lost a sheep.

9. 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.

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

11. What was Jack's highest level of education?
(a) Post-Graduate School.
(b) Some college.
(c) Some high school.
(d) College.

12. What day did snow begin to fall on Brokeback Mountain the year Jack and Ennis worked there?
(a) September 13.
(b) October 13.
(c) August 13.
(d) November 13.

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

14. What year of school did Ennis really want to complete after his parent's death?
(a) Senior.
(b) Freshman.
(c) Junior.
(d) Sophomore.

15. How does Jack reply to Ennis's only comment regarding their affair on Brokeback Mountain?
(a) He tells Ennis he loves him.
(b) He says he is sorry.
(c) He says he made a huge mistake.
(d) He says it is a one-shot thing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state were Ennis and Jack born?

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

3. Who helps Ennis get the sheep after the night he did not return to them and stayed with Jack?

4. Where does Ennis say he will sleep the first night he does not return to the sheep on Brokeback Mountain?

5. What health issue is Ennis's second daughter born with?

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