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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many days does Ennis have to work to get the sheep back where they belong after not returning to them one night?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

3. What do Ennis and Alma name their first daughter?
(a) Jackie.
(b) Ennis, Jr.
(c) Ellis.
(d) Alma, Jr.

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

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

6. Where does Ennis urinate at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?
(a) His sink.
(b) In a bottle.
(c) His toilet.
(d) The woods.

7. What happens one night when Ennis does not return to the sheep?
(a) Joe Aguirre fires Ennis.
(b) Jack goes to sleep with the sheep in Ennis's place.
(c) Coyotes attack the sheep.
(d) The sheep leave and get mixed up with another herd.

8. What does Joe point out to Ennis after paying him for his work on Brokeback Mountain?
(a) His binoculars.
(b) Some of the sheep he returned with are not the ones he went up with.
(c) That he will not be hired again.
(d) Most of his sheep are gone.

9. How does Ennis reply to Jack's request in the letter he sent Ennis?
(a) You bet.
(b) Not a chance.
(c) My wife would kill me.
(d) I can't wait.

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

11. How long after his time at Brokeback Mountain does Ennis receive a letter from Jack?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 6 months.

12. Why does Joe shut down the camp early the year Ennis and Jack work on Brokeback Mountain?
(a) All the sheep got lost.
(b) A large storm is coming.
(c) He saw what Jack and Ennis were up to.
(d) Joe's mother died.

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

14. What word is used to describe both Jack and Ennis's manner and way of speaking at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?
(a) Hostile.
(b) Mild.
(c) Soft.
(d) Rough.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Brokeback Mountain"?

2. In what town was Ennis born?

3. What caused Ennis to stop going to school and to return to ranch work after his parent's death?

4. What was Ennis's highest level of education?

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

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