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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe Aguirre wait for before telling Jack the news about his family?

2. How does Ennis heat up coffee at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?

3. Why does Ennis have to leave the ranch he has been living on at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?

4. What color is Jack's pickup truck?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Ennis feel when riding back to his camp after an evening of whiskey and stories with Jack?

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

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. What does Ennis do to save himself a trip when he offers to sleep with the sheep at Brokeback Mountain?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the commentary on masculinity and manhood in "Brokeback Mountain." How do views on masculinity and manhood impact Ennis and Jack?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing Proulx's decision to tell the story using third person omniscient point-of-view. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Watch the film version of Annie Proulx's "Brokeback Mountain." How does the film version compare to the short story? What is gained or lost in the translation?

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