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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes it necessary to improvise?
(a) the lack of time
(b) the lack of experience
(c) the lack of funds
(d) the lack of actors

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

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

4. What does the budget for transferring the film to video come in at?
(a) only $100
(b) $500 less than the original budget
(c) half of the original budget
(d) twice what Rodriguez had estimated

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

6. How does Rodriguez plan to finish the project early?
(a) by shooting several scenes each day
(b) by working day and night
(c) by cutting out part of the script
(d) by filming in fast motion

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

8. What do Rodriguez and his roommate bring to read during the Pharmaco study?
(a) books on film making
(b) a John Grisham novel
(c) the same Stephen King book
(d) The Last of the Mohicans

9. Why does Newman call Rodriguez?
(a) to tell him he loves the trailer and that he wants to work with him
(b) to get his phone number in Texas
(c) to ask for any other demos Rodriguez has
(d) to say he cannot use EL MARIACHI

10. What bores Rodriguez the most during the study?
(a) the inane conversation of other lab rats
(b) the slow pace of life at Pharmaco
(c) the reruns of old TV movies
(d) the tasteless food they have to eat

11. Who is Consuelo Gomez?
(a) a film editor to work on the movie
(b) the caterer for the movie
(c) a seamstress who makes cheap costumes
(d) an inexperienced actress to play the role of Domino

12. Why does Rodriguez return to see Gallardo in Mexico?
(a) He needs a breat from editing.
(b) He needs to re-record some of his lines.
(c) He needs more money.
(d) He needs Gallardo's moral support.

13. What are the weapons used in the film?
(a) plastic toy store guns
(b) real guns borrowed from the police
(c) army surplus guns
(d) guns rented from a pawnshop

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

15. What is the first scene Rodriguez completes as he writes his screenplay?
(a) The Mariachi tries to find work at a cafe but is turned down.
(b) The Mariachi sings to a beautiful woman.
(c) A police chase ends in a fiery crash.
(d) Azul gets a job singing at a Mexican cafe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Rodriguez after spending hours on editing his film?

3. Why is Rodriguez exhausted before going to Pharmaco?

4. What interests the professor in Rodriquez' work?

5. In LA, what do Rodriguez and Gallardo do to find a buyer?

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