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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is said to determine the fate of El Mariachi?
(a) Rodriguez must hurry and make a deal.
(b) El Mariachi will be screened by a selected audience.
(c) The movie moguls will flip coins for the rights.
(d) Public reaction at a private screening will decide.

2. From whom does Rodriguez learn about professional jealousy in the world of filmmaking?
(a) from the professor at the university
(b) from Gallardo
(c) from a former colleague
(d) from Antonio Banderas

3. What is the bad news regarding EL MARIACHI?
(a) forty feet of it is destroyed during the transfer process
(b) some theaters cancel its bookings
(c) Columbia decides to go straight to video
(d) Mexican nationals picket the openings

4. What do some skeptics accuse Rodriguez of?
(a) getting the big head
(b) seeking personal glory
(c) lying about the cost of the movie
(d) plagerism

5. What does Rodriguez like to tell interviewers?
(a) to brag about coming out of poverty
(b) to keep his secrets of economical film making to himself
(c) to explain in technical terms how he could make the movie
(d) to talk about other people's movies

6. Besides the screening of his film, what bothers Rodriguez at the film festival?
(a) He has to give a speech before the movie starts.
(b) A large photo of him is up in the lobby.
(c) He has to reveal his secrets.
(d) He has to answer questions at the end.

7. Who greets Rodriguez and Gallardo when they arrive at the Grammy party?
(a) the cast of Fame
(b) Miss Universe
(c) Rita Moreno
(d) an army of photographers

8. What small luxury does Rodriguez enjoy when he's back in Texas.
(a) He has time to plan his next movie.
(b) He drives a brand new car.
(c) He does not have to go anywhere in the morning.
(d) He takes his wife out to expensive restaurants.

9. What nearly brings Rodriguez to a breakdown?
(a) Columbia nearly withdraws its offers.
(b) His lawyer tells him not to cash his first $13,000 paycheck.
(c) He is sued by Mex-American for breech of contract.
(d) His remake will be directed by someone else.

10. Even though enormous sums of money are being dangled in front of him, what is Rodriguez' actual financial condition?
(a) penniless
(b) working two jobs to make ends meet
(c) independently wealthy
(d) comfortable

11. Why does Rodriguez travel all over the U.S.A.?
(a) to find some new locations
(b) the movie is being released nationally
(c) to promote his book
(d) to look for stories to make into movies

12. What pleases Rodriguez about benefits for others who donated their time and talent to the film?
(a) The actors will be flown to Hollywood for the premier.
(b) The town in Mexico will get a new jail.
(c) The Mariachi music composers will earn royalties
(d) Gallardo will get paid for his work as a crew member.

13. What does the president of Miramax want to do?
(a) to shoot a full length film of Bedhead
(b) to hire him to write scripts
(c) to purchase and release the original El Mariachi
(d) to buy his next film

14. What does Rodriguez decide he wants, even if he works for Hollywood?
(a) to live in Beverly Hills
(b) to reside in Texas
(c) to have his own airplane
(d) to work on location in Mexico

15. Where is Rodriguez invited to show his movie?
(a) at two film festivals
(b) in Mexico
(c) in a private screening room
(d) at a major cinema

Short Answer Questions

1. What special treatment does Rodriguez receive in Hollywood?

2. What does the movie poster prove to Rodriguez, Peter, and Gallardo?

3. After Telluride, where does Rodriguez take his film next?

4. What has created so much interest in the movie in Hollywood?

5. Where does Rodriguez meet Tarantino again?

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