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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Rodriguez and Gallardo do to scope out the competition?
(a) conduct a survey of movie goers
(b) read books about Spanish film making
(c) rent Spanish action videos
(d) got to movie sets in Mexico

2. What does a professor at the film school think of Rodriguez' idea of making a film so cheaply?
(a) that it will fail
(b) that they have planned well
(c) that it can be done cheaper than that
(d) that it has possibilities

3. What does the budget for transferring the film to video come in at?
(a) $500 less than the original budget
(b) twice what Rodriguez had estimated
(c) half of the original budget
(d) only $100

4. What is the advantage to Rodriguez after being admitted into the University of Texas film school?
(a) access to the equipment he needed
(b) more time to make his films
(c) connections to Hollywood
(d) good critiques of his methods

5. When is Rodriguez informed that the owner of the borrowed camera will need it back?
(a) the next day
(b) in four days
(c) that same day
(d) in two weeks

6. How does Rodriguez obtain his first VCR?
(a) through a sales promotion with no money down
(b) through his wife's brother's hobby
(c) through winning a contest
(d) through his father's love for gadgets

7. What comes of the efforts to get Lina Santos, a Mexican movie and TV star, to act in El Mariachi?
(a) She agrees and then backs out.
(b) They never get in to see her.
(c) She still will not commit to being in the movie.
(d) Her agent demands too much money.

8. How much do Rodriguez and Gallardo estimate it will take to make their movie?
(a) $10,000
(b) $700
(c) $30,000
(d) $8,000

9. What is ICM?
(a) a major talent agency
(b) a small fim producing copany
(c) International Cinema Marketing
(d) a distribution company

10. Short on money, how to Rodriguez and Gallardo arrange their trip to Los Angeles?
(a) hopping a freight car to LA and sleeping in a park
(b) hitchhiking to Los Angeles
(c) taking the bus to Los Angeles and staying at the YMCA
(d) driving to Los Angeles and staying at a friend's place

11. Why does Rodriguez overlook small mistakes he notices while shooting El Mariachi?
(a) It is something that he can edit out.
(b) He doesn't have money to correct them.
(c) He thinks no one will notice.
(d) It is supposed to be a practice movie.

12. Where does Rodriguez find his photo?
(a) on the post office wall
(b) on the cover of Texas Times
(c) on the entertainment page of the Express News
(d) on the film school wall

13. Who helps with shooting the chase scene?
(a) local teenage drivers
(b) the local police
(c) NASCAR drivers
(d) low riders

14. What are three important locations Rodriguez and Gallardo look for in Mexico?
(a) a jail, a ranch, and a bank
(b) a bar, a jail, and a bedroom
(c) a courtroom, a bar, and a theater
(d) a market, a hotel, and a slum

15. Who is Robert Newman?
(a) a studio head
(b) a financier
(c) an ICM agent
(d) a studio hiring agent

Short Answer Questions

1. Which scenes of El Mariachi are shot first?

2. How do Rodriguez and Gallardo meet all the people who end up helping them?

3. What makes it necessary to improvise?

4. How does Rodriguez plan to finish the project early?

5. Doing the Pharmaco study, what does Rodriguez call himself?

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