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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven, "Postproduction, Take 3".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what event is Rodriguez driving himself to finish editing El Mariachi?
(a) the Guinness Book of Records
(b) the general release of the film
(c) the Telluride Festival
(d) the official premier

2. Where does Rodriguez realize he was just one year ago on his 23rd birthday?
(a) in school at UT-Austin
(b) locked up at Pharmaco
(c) begging for a used camera
(d) working two jobs to get money

3. What fear of Rodriquez' returns before the screening of his film?
(a) people laughing in the wrong places
(b) getting sick and throwing up
(c) failure in front of witnesses
(d) movie critics in the audience

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez plan to use to film El Mariachi?

2. What do the festival organizers decide to do after EL MARIACHI becomes so popular?

3. Where does Rodriguez meet Gary Oldman and Francis Ford Coppola?

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

5. What does a professor at the film school think of Rodriguez' idea of making a film so cheaply?

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