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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Javier's offer for the rights to EL MARIACHI?
(a) $10,000
(b) $7,000
(c) $25,000
(d) $1,000 plus a percentage of the gorss

2. What do they use for a dolly to move the camera in some scenes?
(a) Rodriguez sitting in a wheel chair.
(b) Rodriguez on a skateboard.
(c) Rodrigues riding on a tricycle.
(d) Rodrigues wearing roller blades.

3. How much do Rodriguez and Gallardo estimate it will take to make their movie?
(a) $700
(b) $30,000
(c) $10,000
(d) $8,000

4. What advice does Rodriguez recall as he starts work on his movie?
(a) it takes at least $30,000 to make a movie
(b) always hire someone to do the technical jobs
(c) being creative and technical is better
(d) being creative is all you need to succeed

5. What is on Rodriguez' demo tape?
(a) views of all the film show awards Rodriguez has won
(b) reviews from major critics
(c) the rough cut version of EL MARIACHI
(d) BEDHEAD and the trailer of EL MARIACHI

6. Why does Rodriguez have to go personally to ICM?
(a) they need him to pick up his demo
(b) he has to deliver some headshots
(c) he has to transalte the Spanish language
(d) the demo he left does not work properly

7. In LA, what do Rodriguez and Gallardo do to find a buyer?
(a) take out ads in the LA Times
(b) have free showings of El Mariachi
(c) get on TV and push their product
(d) go door-to-door to sell El Mariachi

8. Who is Robert Newman?
(a) an ICM agent
(b) a financier
(c) a studio head
(d) a studio hiring agent

9. What does a professor at the film school think of Rodriguez' idea of making a film so cheaply?
(a) that they have planned well
(b) that it will fail
(c) that it has possibilities
(d) that it can be done cheaper than that

10. What does Rodriguez think will compensate for any inadequacies in costuming?
(a) his shooting and editing style
(b) his cropping style
(c) his film noir style
(d) his soft focus style

11. What program does Rodriguez apply for at Pharmaco?
(a) a weekend study
(b) a $3,000 study
(c) a $7,000 study
(d) an outpatient study

12. Why does Rodriguez determine to stay in the Pharmaco study?
(a) to prove that he is a man
(b) to keep from having to borrow money
(c) to get the rest he needs
(d) to get out of going to class

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

14. What are Gallardo's contributions to making El Mariachi?
(a) composing the music and doing the sound effects
(b) securing permission, using his relations, and finding actors
(c) carrying equipment and setting up lights
(d) editing the script and doing the titles

15. Who are the actors in Rodriguez' short film, Bedhead?
(a) homeless people
(b) his siblings
(c) schoolmates
(d) animals

Short Answer Questions

1. What daring thing does Rodriguez do in Hollywood?

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

3. How is the story of the book told?

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

5. How does Rodriguez plan to finish the project early?

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