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

2. In what state were Ennis and Jack born?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) Utah.
(c) Montana.
(d) Colorado.

3. What position is Jack hired for on Brokeback Mountain the year he and Ennis meet?
(a) Herder.
(b) Foreman.
(c) Cook.
(d) Camp tender.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What state did Jack's hometown border?

3. What color is Jack's pickup truck?

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. Where does Ennis keep the clothes he puts on at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Ennis feel after leaving Jack on their last day at Brokeback Mountain?

8. What do Jack and Ennis know, despite not discussing it, after the first night they are intimate on Brokeback Mountain?

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

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

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