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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the best way to describe Rodriguez' style of film making?
(a) simple and plotless
(b) cheap and amateurish
(c) quick and quirky
(d) fast and effective

3. 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

4. What will Rodriguez' first feature length film be about?
(a) a man named The Mariachi with a guitar full of weapons,
(b) a musician who wants to become a mariachi
(c) a family of sleepy siblings
(d) a boy lost in the Mexican desert

5. What star does Gallardo suggest they try to get for their film?
(a) Ricardo Montalban
(b) Ricky Ricardo
(c) Cantinflas
(d) Lina Santos

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the boring work of editing the film begin to get Rodriguez down?

3. What is the significance of June 20th for Rodriguez?

4. How do Rodriguez and Gallardo rate the Spanish films starring at least one famous actor?

5. What inspires Rodriguez enough to do two takes of one scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rodriguez' brief association with Alfonzo Arau and his wife give him the impetus to do?

2. What happens on the last day of shooting EL MARIACHI?

3. Describe the continuity problem caused by the heat on the set of EL MARIACHI.

4. In Mexico, what is Rodriguez' first experience on a real movie set?

5. How does Rodriguez begin trying to market his film?

6. Why does Rodriguez turn down the first offer he is given for the movie?

7. Describe the first thing Rodriguez does in post production.

8. What are some of Carlos Gallardo's contributions to the making of the movie aside from starring as El Mariachi.

9. Describe the premise of the story for EL MARIACHI.

10. Discuss Rodriguez' period of depression during post production.

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