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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what is Rodriguez solicited after his speech at Sundance?
(a) for contract negotiations
(b) for book deals
(c) for charity endorsements
(d) for interviews and panels

2. Where does Rodriguez meet Tarantino again?
(a) in a producers' bargaining session with directors
(b) in an interview of young filmmakers
(c) at a Directors' Guild of America meeting
(d) in the Hollywood Bowl

3. What desperate thing does Rodriguez do while waiting for a check from Columbia?
(a) works as a bartender in Texas
(b) drives a school bus
(c) sells his car
(d) pawns his video camera

4. What does ICM want to do with Rodriguez' diary?
(a) keep hit hidden from the press
(b) use it in his press releases
(c) make it into a movie
(d) publish it as a book

5. What good luck finally comes to Rodriguez?
(a) landing an agent and a Hollywood contract for El Mariachi
(b) getting a star for his next movie
(c) making another award winning short film
(d) getting a free ticket to New York

6. How does EL MARIACHI do at the Sundance Festival?
(a) very well
(b) It is cancelled
(c) It bombs
(d) so so

7. What does a theater owner in Austin, Texas, tell Rodriguez he is doing?
(a) He is ordering a print of El Mariachi.
(b) He is taking El Mariachi to the Berlin Film Festival.
(c) He is suing the Mexican film commission.
(d) He is showing El Miriachi every Saturday at midnight.

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

9. What does Rodriguez have in addition to his large office at Columbia?
(a) a corporation based in Texas called Los Hooligans Productions, Inc
(b) use of a private jet
(c) an office on Rodeo Drive
(d) a house in Burbank, CA

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

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

12. What excites Rodriguez on July 8th, two weeks after his 24th birthday?
(a) finishing the edit on El Mariachi
(b) at last receiving his final Columbia contract
(c) meeting Antonio Banderas
(d) starting pre-production on a new film

13. What write-up does Rodriguez particularly appreciate?
(a) Mr. Blackwell's approval of his suit
(b) Rex Reed's praise of his article
(c) Roger Ebert's article about his movie
(d) Liz Smith's article about his family life

14. Why is Alfonso Arau in Toronto?
(a) being honored as a stary in EL MARIACHI
(b) checking out ideas for his new movie
(c) premiering his movie, Como Agua Para Chocolate
(d) introducing his wife to movie makers

15. What possibly could cause people to warn Rodriguez about the public?
(a) playing mind games with Rodriguez
(b) perhaps his media overexposure
(c) his ethnic background
(d) jealousy

Short Answer Questions

1. What convinces Columbia that Rodriguez should write a sequel?

2. What young movie maker is also at the festival screening his film, RESERVOIR DOGS?

3. What actor does Rodriguez meet who wants to be in his next film?

4. Where does Rodriguez get the studio to do the first release of his movie?

5. What does Rodriguez classify as the main reason for professional incompetence in making movies?

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