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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 Jack tell Ennis he did when Ennis told Jack the only thing they can do it meet up in the middle of nowhere every so often?

2. Who does Jack tell Ennis he had been having an affair with?

3. What doe Jack do after Lureen's father dies?

4. What do Ennis and Jack do after their initial embrace when Jack arrives at Ennis's place in Riverton?

5. How does the author describe what happened to Ennis and Alma's relationship after his first visit with Jack?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jack's life change after his father-in-law dies?

3. Why does Ennis have to skip their planned trip for August 1983 and how does Jack feel?

4. What does Ennis say the only thing he and Jack can do about their situation while they are in the Motel Siesta?

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

6. What does Jack tell Ennis about Lureen's family?

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

8. What does Ennis tell Alma when he realizes she saw the way they greeted each other?

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

10. What does Jack tell Ennis about his wife and family when he comes to visit Ennis in Riverton?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance Jack and Ennis's shirts from Brokeback Mountain has on the story. Why are the shirts important and how do they develop the themes of the story? Use examples from the text to support your viewpoint.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay discussing the setting and time period of "Brokeback Mountain." In what ways does the time period and setting impact your understanding of the story as well as the themes? How would the story be different if told in the present day?

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