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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Rodriguez invited to show his movie?
(a) in a private screening room
(b) at a major cinema
(c) in Mexico
(d) at two film festivals

2. What convinces Columbia that Rodriguez should write a sequel?
(a) Very good notices in the press.
(b) Very positive audience response in the test screening.
(c) Demand for the movie to be made in English.
(d) Paramount tries to buy Rodriguez' contract.

3. What has created so much interest in the movie in Hollywood?
(a) the unusual plot of the movie
(b) the production values of the film
(c) Rodriguez's brashness
(d) the story of the making of El Mariachi

4. What is Rodriguez' last entry in his diary?
(a) Who would have believed all that has happened?
(b) This is the end of the EL MARIACHI story.
(c) These are the kind of days you start a diary for in the first place
(d) Tomorrow is another day.

5. What desperate thing does Rodriguez do while waiting for a check from Columbia?
(a) sells his car
(b) pawns his video camera
(c) drives a school bus
(d) works as a bartender in Texas

6. In the meantime, what happens with the short film, Bedhead?
(a) It gets shown on German TV.
(b) It ties for first place at another festival.
(c) It gets honorable mention at another film festival.
(d) It gets lost in the mail.

7. Why does the Grammy Awards show EL MARIACHI at its party?
(a) because they want to draw in Spanish speakers
(b) because it is about a musician
(c) because they can get it cheap
(d) because the music is original

8. After Telluride, where does Rodriguez take his film next?
(a) the Sundance Film Festival
(b) the Toronto Film Festival
(c) the Los Angeles Film Festival
(d) the Miami Film Festival

9. What does Rodriguez classify as the main reason for professional incompetence in making movies?
(a) lack of vision
(b) too much technical training
(c) the waste of money
(d) not much innovation

10. What does Rodriguez tell NPR?
(a) He thought he would make it to Hollywood.
(b) He always knew he would make it to Hollywood.
(c) He makes movies for the money and fame.
(d) He likes the technical part of movie making the best.

11. What does the movie poster prove to Rodriguez, Peter, and Gallardo?
(a) that they were right all along
(b) that they are no longer in Mexico
(c) that they will make a sequel
(d) that this was not all a dream

12. Who is the first celebrity Rodriguez meets on a movie set?
(a) Angela Landsbury
(b) Arnold Schwarzenegger
(c) Bruce Willis
(d) Pee Wee Herman

13. What do some skeptics accuse Rodriguez of?
(a) lying about the cost of the movie
(b) plagerism
(c) seeking personal glory
(d) getting the big head

14. From whom does Rodriguez learn about professional jealousy in the world of filmmaking?
(a) from a former colleague
(b) from Gallardo
(c) from the professor at the university
(d) from Antonio Banderas

15. What does Columbia do when Rodriguez turns down a $100,000 offer?
(a) lowers its final offer
(b) raises the offer to $150,000.
(c) calls his agents
(d) backs out on the deal

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez decide he wants, even if he works for Hollywood?

2. Who goes with Rodriguez to Toronto?

3. What is the latest problem with EL MARIACHI?

4. For what event is Rodriguez driving himself to finish editing El Mariachi?

5. What write-up does Rodriguez particularly appreciate?

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