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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Heading back to Texas after failing to sign a contract, what does Rodriguez tell himself?
(a) A contract will come from New York.
(b) He can raise more money and go back again.
(c) Something good will come from his failure.
(d) It will come through and he will do everything by mail.

2. Which company was the only one that seemed to make a reasonable offer for EL MARIACHI?
(a) Tel-Star
(b) Million Dollar Video
(c) Mex-American
(d) Film-Mex

3. What happens to Rodriguez after spending hours on editing his film?
(a) He has a reaction to the Pharmaco experiment.
(b) His back goes out
(c) He starts losing his vision.
(d) He accidentally erases all his work.

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

5. How does Rodriguez obtain his first VCR?
(a) through winning a contest
(b) through his father's love for gadgets
(c) through a sales promotion with no money down
(d) through his wife's brother's hobby

6. What does Rodriguez say a film school teaches?
(a) how to enter film contests
(b) how to find investors for a movie project
(c) how to buy expensive equipment
(d) how to make a big budget movie or how to make contacts

7. What does Rodriguez participate in to raise money?
(a) a short stint in the military
(b) a drug study conducted by Pharmaco
(c) a sleep deprivation study
(d) a dance team performing in Mexico

8. Why does Rodriguez suddenly think he can make a good profit with EL MARIACHI?
(a) Private showings have gotten rave reviews.
(b) The trailer has received great reviews.
(c) Compared to other films, his had better quality.
(d) Several companies express an interest in the film.

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

10. What does Rodriguez think is the most important thing for attracting a distributor?
(a) a chance to meet the stars
(b) a big neame star
(c) a higher percentage of the gross profits
(d) an attractive trailer

11. How does Rodriguez refer to his operation while making El Mariachi?
(a) la luna productions
(b) el estupido productions
(c) los locos productions
(d) el cheapo productions

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

13. What results if any of the rules are broken at the Pharmaco study?
(a) legal action
(b) a fine deducted from the pay
(c) expulsion from the program
(d) extension of time in the study

14. What short Rodriguez film wins the University of Missouri Fine Arts Competition?
(a) The Mariachi
(b) The Last Carnival
(c) Redhead
(d) Bedhead

15. Short on money, how to Rodriguez and Gallardo arrange their trip to Los Angeles?
(a) taking the bus to Los Angeles and staying at the YMCA
(b) hopping a freight car to LA and sleeping in a park
(c) hitchhiking to Los Angeles
(d) driving to Los Angeles and staying at a friend's place

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rodriguez able to do when he has access to two VCRs?

2. Who is Robert Newman?

3. What is the significance of June 20th for Rodriguez?

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

5. What is ICM?

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