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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a critic say about EL MARIACHI?
(a) He cannot wait to see it.
(b) He has heard it is amateurish.
(c) He would rather be in Hawaii.
(d) He gets bored at festival screenings.

2. What does Rodriguez admit to Jim, a fellow Texan?
(a) that he is a fraud
(b) that he was just lucky
(c) that he hates Hollywood
(d) that he hates film editing

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

4. What is the bad news regarding EL MARIACHI?
(a) Mexican nationals picket the openings
(b) some theaters cancel its bookings
(c) forty feet of it is destroyed during the transfer process
(d) Columbia decides to go straight to video

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

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

7. 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 is reluctant to take out a loan.
(d) He thinks it is all a dream.

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

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

10. What young movie maker is also at the festival screening his film, RESERVOIR DOGS?
(a) John Landis
(b) Quentin Tarantino
(c) Stephen Spielberg
(d) Roger Corman

11. Who greets Rodriguez and Gallardo when they arrive at the Grammy party?
(a) Miss Universe
(b) an army of photographers
(c) Rita Moreno
(d) the cast of Fame

12. What TV show films him for an entire day?
(a) 20/20
(b) Entertainment Tonight
(c) Live with David Letterman
(d) 60 minutes

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

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

15. Even though enormous sums of money are being dangled in front of him, what is Rodriguez' actual financial condition?
(a) penniless
(b) comfortable
(c) working two jobs to make ends meet
(d) independently wealthy

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Newman want to send El Mariachi?

2. What do Rodriguez, Gallardo, and Peter see at the festival for the first time?

3. Who is the first celebrity Rodriguez meets on a movie set?

4. What fear of Rodriquez' returns before the screening of his film?

5. What is Rodriguez eager to make?

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