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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ennis urinate at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?
(a) The woods.
(b) His sink.
(c) In a bottle.
(d) His toilet.

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

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

4. 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) The stoic life.
(c) A life of leisure.
(d) A life of chaos.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do Jack and Ennis say goodbye at Brokeback Mountain?

3. What job does Ennis land after his time at Brokeback Mountain and a few ranch jobs?

4. How many days does Ennis have to work to get the sheep back where they belong after not returning to them one night?

5. What year of school did Ennis really want to complete after his parent's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the only things Jack and Ennis say to each other regarding their relationship while on Brokeback Mountain?

2. Who does Ennis think he may have to stay with after moving off the ranch at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?

3. What does Ennis tell Jack about his first morning after setting up camp near the sheep?

4. How does Ennis react when Jack tries to move Ennis's hand to his penis while they are in the tent together?

5. What are Jack's days like when he has to set up camp with the sheep every night?

6. What does Jack notice when Ennis takes his clothes off to wash himself at the main camp at Brokeback Mountain?

7. What positions are Jack and Ennis hired for at Brokeback Mountain?

8. Where does Ennis say he will sleep the first night he stays at the main camp and how does Jack respond?

9. Why does Ennis's camp move further away from the main camp as time goes on at Brokeback Mountain?

10. What are Jack and Ennis unaware Joe Aguirre had done while they were making love on Brokeback Mountain?

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