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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Rodriguez' first short films get shown?
(a) in a sports bar in Mexico
(b) in his garage
(c) a Mexican local television channel and in dance clubs
(d) in class at his high school

2. Why does Rodriguez overlook small mistakes he notices while shooting El Mariachi?
(a) It is supposed to be a practice movie.
(b) He thinks no one will notice.
(c) It is something that he can edit out.
(d) He doesn't have money to correct them.

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

4. What is the best way to describe Rodriguez' style of film making?
(a) fast and effective
(b) quick and quirky
(c) simple and plotless
(d) cheap and amateurish

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

6. How do Rodriguez and Gallardo rate the Spanish films starring at least one famous actor?
(a) bad
(b) exciting
(c) well made
(d) serious competition

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

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

9. What comes with the next prize Bedhead wins in a film competition?
(a) a school scholarship
(b) a new 16mm movie camera
(c) an offer to go to Hollywood
(d) $700 that he will use in El Mariachi

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

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

12. What is Rodriguez given in order to edit his film?
(a) good advice from his university professor
(b) access to old equipment at the cable station
(c) access to modern editing equipment at the university
(d) a grant for having his movie edited

13. 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

14. What will Rodriguez' first feature length film be about?
(a) a boy lost in the Mexican desert
(b) a family of sleepy siblings
(c) a man named The Mariachi with a guitar full of weapons,
(d) a musician who wants to become a mariachi

15. When is Rodriguez informed that the owner of the borrowed camera will need it back?
(a) that same day
(b) in four days
(c) in two weeks
(d) the next day

Short Answer Questions

1. What offer does a Spanish action movie production company make to Rodriguez and Gallardo?

2. What results if any of the rules are broken at the Pharmaco study?

3. What does the budget for transferring the film to video come in at?

4. Why does Newman call Rodriguez?

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

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