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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Joe point out to Ennis after paying him for his work on Brokeback Mountain?

5. What was Ennis's highest level of education?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ennis manage to get a license at age 14 and what stopped him from completing his sophomore year of school?

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

3. What year do Ennis and Jack meet? Where and why?

4. Why does Ennis offer to take Jack's place and sleep with the sheep at Brokeback Mountain?

5. Where do Ennis and Alma move to after their first daughter is born and what does he do for work?

6. Why does Ennis decide to stay at the main camp on the first night that he does not return to the sheep?

7. How does Ennis get ready to leave his trailer at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?

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

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

10. Why does Joe Aguirre cut Jack and Ennis's time at Brokeback Mountain short?

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