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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What special invitation is EL MARIACHI given?
(a) the Mexico City Film Festival
(b) the Sundance Film Festival
(c) the National Arts Institute Festival
(d) the Venice Film Festival

2. What new experience excites Rodriguez?
(a) fans asking for autographs
(b) being ask to speak to university classes
(c) flying first class
(d) having a secretary to take his calls

3. 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

4. Why does Rodriguez not like to work with professional editors?
(a) He feels that they are too expensive.
(b) He feels that they do not really love the film
(c) He thinks that are not creative.
(d) He feels that they take too long.

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

6. After seeing El Mariachi, what do the agents at ICM want to do?
(a) They want to stop answering his calls.
(b) They immediately want to become Rodriguez' agents.
(c) They want to criticize his film.
(d) They want to pass him on to another agent.

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

8. What small luxury does Rodriguez enjoy when he's back in Texas.
(a) He drives a brand new car.
(b) He takes his wife out to expensive restaurants.
(c) He has time to plan his next movie.
(d) He does not have to go anywhere in the morning.

9. Who goes with Rodriguez to Toronto?
(a) Elizabeth
(b) Alfonzo
(c) Newman
(d) Gallardo

10. What pleases Rodriguez about benefits for others who donated their time and talent to the film?
(a) The actors will be flown to Hollywood for the premier.
(b) Gallardo will get paid for his work as a crew member.
(c) The Mariachi music composers will earn royalties
(d) The town in Mexico will get a new jail.

11. What does the president of Miramax want to do?
(a) to buy his next film
(b) to shoot a full length film of Bedhead
(c) to purchase and release the original El Mariachi
(d) to hire him to write scripts

12. Why does Rodriguez travel all over the U.S.A.?
(a) to promote his book
(b) to find some new locations
(c) to look for stories to make into movies
(d) the movie is being released nationally

13. After what do people start to recognize him on the street?
(a) an interview for the LA Times
(b) the premier of El Mariachi
(c) a spot on Larry King Live
(d) his photo on the cover of People magazine

14. 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

15. Why is Rodriguez desperate for Columbia to pay him soon?
(a) He won't believe it until the check is in his hand.
(b) He owes money for his school loans.
(c) He thinks it is all a dream.
(d) He is reluctant to take out a loan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What special treatment does Rodriguez receive in Hollywood?

2. In the meantime, what happens with the short film, Bedhead?

3. Where does Rodriguez realize he was just one year ago on his 23rd birthday?

4. What does the movie poster prove to Rodriguez, Peter, and Gallardo?

5. What actor does Rodriguez meet who wants to be in his next film?

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