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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 does Ennis figure Alma is trying to do when she takes a dollar from her pocket before he leaves with Jack?
(a) He thinks she is going to ask him to get diapers.
(b) He thinks she is going to ask him to bring home some baby formula.
(c) He thinks she is going to ask him to get cigarettes so he will come home early.
(d) He thinks she is going to offer to pay for Jack's beer.

2. How many children does Jack have when he visits Ennis in Riverton?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

3. What does Ennis tell Alma before he and Jack head out?
(a) We'll be back in time to put the girls to bed.
(b) They are going out for drinks and might not be back.
(c) Get a babysitter and come join us.
(d) Don't wait up.

4. What does Ennis tell Jack about when they left Brokeback Mountain and he felt like puking?
(a) He said it was something he ate.
(b) He said he always gets carsick.
(c) He said he was sick about marrying Alma.
(d) He said he realized it was because he should not have let Jack out of his sight.

5. What does Alma tell Ennis she wrote in a note on his fishing line during one of his trips with Jack?
(a) I know you ain't fishing.
(b) Come home safe.
(c) Bring some fish home.
(d) Call me when you get there.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often do Jack and Ennis begin to see each other, saying they are going fishing?

2. What word is used to describe the way Jack and Ennis hug when Jack first arrives at Ennis's place in Riverton?

3. Where does Ennis go after his final holiday meal with Alma and their kids?

4. What does Ennis say when they are in the motel and Jack says they need to figure out what they are going to do?

5. What does Ennis say might happen if he and Jack openly express their affection?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack tell Ennis about the affair he was having with a married woman during their trip in May 1983?

2. How do Jack and Ennis greet each other when Jack first arrives at Ennis's house after not seeing each other for four years?

3. How does Ennis react when Alma tells him she is going to yell for her husband after he grabs her wrist when discussing Jack at Thanksgiving?

4. What does Ennis say about Earl from Signal where he grew up?

5. What does Ennis do with Alma, her husband, and the girls the first few years after their divorce?

6. What conversation do Jack and Ennis have during their trip in May 1983 about Mexico?

7. Why does Alma work as a grocery clerk while married to Ennis?

8. Why does Alma suggest that Ennis use condoms, and how does Ennis respond?

9. While at the Motel Siesta, what does Jack suggest he and Ennis do about their situation?

10. How does Ennis respond to Alma after she refers to Jack as "Jack Nasty" (270)?

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