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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what town was Jack Twist born?
(a) Hurricane Plains.
(b) Thunder Mountain.
(c) Lighting Flat.
(d) Winter Valley.

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

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

4. What month is it the night Ennis does not return to the sheep on Brokeback Mountain?
(a) September.
(b) July.
(c) August.
(d) October.

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

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

7. 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 city life.
(b) A life of leisure.
(c) A life of chaos.
(d) The stoic life.

8. 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) Lets him.
(d) Jerks his hand away.

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

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

11. What does Jack say he would like to do with Ennis when he is passing through Riverton?
(a) Meet his family.
(b) Go to a rodeo.
(c) Have a beer.
(d) Get a motel.

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

13. What health issue is Ennis's second daughter born with?
(a) Jaundice.
(b) Gastroenteritis.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Asthma.

14. For how long does Joe Aguirre watch Jack and Ennis having sex on the mountain?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 5 seconds.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

15. What word is used to describe both Jack and Ennis's manner and way of speaking at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?
(a) Soft.
(b) Rough.
(c) Hostile.
(d) Mild.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who raised Ennis after his parent's died?

2. Why does Ennis pull his truck over after leaving Brokeback Mountain?

3. Why does Jack have a bruised jaw the day he leaves Brokeback Mountain?

4. In what town was Ennis born?

5. 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?

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