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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twelve, "Sundancing".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

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

3. What offer does a Spanish action movie production company make to Rodriguez and Gallardo?
(a) to make a Spanish video action movie for him for $30,000
(b) to buy all their short films
(c) to send them to a Mexican film school
(d) to go on the company's payroll as directors

4. Which scenes of El Mariachi are shot first?
(a) the gunfight scenes in the jail
(b) the swimming pool scenes
(c) those with Reinol Martinez, the man who plays Azul
(d) the musical scenes

5. To what news does Rodriguez not really know how to react?
(a) the mention of an Academy Award nomination
(b) the plans to film a sequel
(c) the national release of El Mariachi
(d) the shelving of the entire project

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rodriguez find his photo?

2. Because of working with limited equipment and on a tight budget, what skill does Rodriguez develop?

3. Why are Peter and Gallardo at the Sundance festival with Rodriguez?

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

5. What does EL MARIACHI win at Sundance?

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