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

2. What are the agents at ICM able to do?
(a) sell what is technically a foreign movie to a major American film company
(b) get Rodriguez the best visitor packages in Hollywood
(c) get the best bid for El Mariachi from Europe
(d) overcome Columbia's refusal to view the movie

3. What surprises Rodriguez as he negotiates to do a remake of El Mariachi?
(a) They want unknowns to play the lead roles.
(b) They want to release the original too.
(c) They want to destroy the $7,000 original.
(d) They want to shoot it in 3-D.

4. What special treatment does Rodriguez receive in Hollywood?
(a) free movie passes
(b) tours of the back lots
(c) limousines and luxury hotels
(d) introductions to all his favorite stars

5. Where does Rodriguez meet Gary Oldman and Francis Ford Coppola?
(a) at a movie premiere
(b) at the Golden Globe Awards
(c) in the Columbia commissary
(d) shopping on Rodeo Drive

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening with Columbia Pictures?

2. Which scenes of El Mariachi are shot first?

3. What does a critic say about EL MARIACHI?

4. What comes of the efforts to get Lina Santos, a Mexican movie and TV star, to act in El Mariachi?

5. What does Rodriguez' life seem like after making it in Hollywood?

(see the answer key)

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