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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 do Ennis and Jack find work the year they meet?
(a) A sheep range.
(b) A cattle ranch.
(c) An organic farm.
(d) A horse ranch.

2. Why is Jack told he must sleep with the sheep when he starts work at Brokeback Mountain?
(a) There is no room at the main camp.
(b) The foreman does not like Jack.
(c) To help keep predators away.
(d) Ennis does not like Jack.

3. What does Ennis do when Jack attempts to put his hand on his penis in the tent?
(a) Runs out of the tent.
(b) Jerks his hand away.
(c) Curses at Jack.
(d) Lets him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. How were 42 sheep lost the prior year at Brokeback Mountain according to Jack?

4. How does Jack reply to Ennis's only comment regarding their affair on Brokeback Mountain?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How long after their time at Brokeback Mountain does Ennis receive a letter from Jack and what does it say?

8. How does Ennis feel after leaving Jack on their last day at 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. What happens to the sheep one night in August when Ennis stayed at the main camp with Jack?

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