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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jack note when watching Ennis undress before he washed himself after the first night he spent out with the sheep?
(a) He was heavy set.
(b) He wore no socks or underwear.
(c) He lacked muscle.
(d) He had a scar across his back.

3. Why does Jack have a bruised jaw the day he leaves Brokeback Mountain?
(a) He tripped and fell while drunk.
(b) Joe Aguirre punched him.
(c) Ennis punched him.
(d) He fell off his horse.

4. How do Jack and Ennis say goodbye at Brokeback Mountain?
(a) They embrace.
(b) They kiss.
(c) They walk away without looking at each other.
(d) They shake hands and punch each other on the shoulder.

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

6. 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?
(a) He hurt his ankle.
(b) He plans to quit.
(c) He is too drunk.
(d) He lost his horse.

7. In what month does Alma become pregnant with their first child?
(a) November.
(b) February.
(c) December.
(d) January.

8. How does Joe Aguirre learn of Ennis and Jack's affair?
(a) Another worker told him.
(b) He heard them in the night.
(c) He saw them threw binoculars.
(d) Jack told him.

9. Where is Ennis working when his daughter is born?
(a) Washakie Ranch.
(b) Smoky Mountain.
(c) Lost Cabin.
(d) Elwood Hi-Top.

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

11. In what town was Jack Twist born?
(a) Hurricane Plains.
(b) Thunder Mountain.
(c) Winter Valley.
(d) Lighting Flat.

12. What does Ennis offer to do when Jack complains of having to sleep with the sheep at Brokeback Mountain?
(a) Talk to the foreman.
(b) Ride him back and forth.
(c) Switch places with him.
(d) Sleep in the pasture with him.

13. What phrase foreshadows what happens between Jack and Ennis in Jack's tent the night Ennis does not return to the sheep?
(a) Got you a extra blanket.
(b) Quit hammering and get over here.
(c) I'll roll up out here and grab forty winks.
(d) In a little while they deepened their intimacy considerably.

14. Who is the author of "Brokeback Mountain"?
(a) Allie Perout.
(b) Annie Proulx.
(c) Annette Peroux.
(d) Anne Rioux.

15. What state did Ennis's hometown border?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Montana.
(d) Utah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ennis say he will sleep the first night he does not return to the sheep on Brokeback Mountain?

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

3. What is position is Ennis hired for on Brokeback Mountain the year he and Jack meet?

4. How does Ennis reply to Jack's request in the letter he sent Ennis?

5. What happens one night when Ennis does not return to the sheep?

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