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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Newman tell Rodriguez about the major film companies in Hollywood?
(a) All of them are interested.
(b) He cannot get in the door.
(c) None of them like it.
(d) He needs to remake the film for them.

2. What does Rodriguez' life seem like after making it in Hollywood?
(a) like a nightmare
(b) like a fairy tale
(c) like a disaster
(d) like a whirlwind

3. Why is Alfonso Arau in Toronto?
(a) introducing his wife to movie makers
(b) premiering his movie, Como Agua Para Chocolate
(c) checking out ideas for his new movie
(d) being honored as a stary in EL MARIACHI

4. What nearly brings Rodriguez to a breakdown?
(a) Columbia nearly withdraws its offers.
(b) His remake will be directed by someone else.
(c) His lawyer tells him not to cash his first $13,000 paycheck.
(d) He is sued by Mex-American for breech of contract.

5. Where does Rodriguez realize he was just one year ago on his 23rd birthday?
(a) working two jobs to get money
(b) in school at UT-Austin
(c) begging for a used camera
(d) locked up at Pharmaco

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

7. What write-up does Rodriguez particularly appreciate?
(a) Liz Smith's article about his family life
(b) Roger Ebert's article about his movie
(c) Rex Reed's praise of his article
(d) Mr. Blackwell's approval of his suit

8. To what news does Rodriguez not really know how to react?
(a) the shelving of the entire project
(b) the national release of El Mariachi
(c) the mention of an Academy Award nomination
(d) the plans to film a sequel

9. What are the agents at ICM able to do?
(a) get Rodriguez the best visitor packages in Hollywood
(b) sell what is technically a foreign movie to a major American film company
(c) get the best bid for El Mariachi from Europe
(d) overcome Columbia's refusal to view the movie

10. What does a theater owner in Austin, Texas, tell Rodriguez he is doing?
(a) He is showing El Miriachi every Saturday at midnight.
(b) He is suing the Mexican film commission.
(c) He is ordering a print of El Mariachi.
(d) He is taking El Mariachi to the Berlin Film Festival.

11. What does Rodriguez have in addition to his large office at Columbia?
(a) a house in Burbank, CA
(b) an office on Rodeo Drive
(c) use of a private jet
(d) a corporation based in Texas called Los Hooligans Productions, Inc

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

13. Where does Rodriguez set the record straight in an interview?
(a) on the Tonight Show
(b) in the LA Times
(c) for the Hollywood Reporter
(d) on Larry King Live

14. What is said to determine the fate of El Mariachi?
(a) El Mariachi will be screened by a selected audience.
(b) Public reaction at a private screening will decide.
(c) Rodriguez must hurry and make a deal.
(d) The movie moguls will flip coins for the rights.

15. What does EL MARIACHI win at Sundance?
(a) the Audience Award prize
(b) the Governor's Award
(c) the Jury Award
(d) the Golden Globe

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the Columbia people considering after the reception of EL MARIACHI at the film festival?

3. Why are Peter and Gallardo at the Sundance festival with Rodriguez?

4. What TV show films him for an entire day?

5. What does Rodriguez consider paying for out of his per diem?

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