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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does El Mariachi receive on airing its trailer on public access TV?
(a) inquiries about where the film was made
(b) an offer to finance the film
(c) positive responses from viewers
(d) negative reviews by critics

2. Who is Peter Marquardt?
(a) Rodriguez' roommate at the Pharmaco study.
(b) an agent who wants to sign Rodriguez
(c) a doctor at the Pharmaco study
(d) Rodriguez's film school professor

3. What are three important locations Rodriguez and Gallardo look for in Mexico?
(a) a bar, a jail, and a bedroom
(b) a jail, a ranch, and a bank
(c) a market, a hotel, and a slum
(d) a courtroom, a bar, and a theater

4. What comes of the efforts to get Lina Santos, a Mexican movie and TV star, to act in El Mariachi?
(a) Her agent demands too much money.
(b) She still will not commit to being in the movie.
(c) She agrees and then backs out.
(d) They never get in to see her.

5. What bores Rodriguez the most during the study?
(a) the slow pace of life at Pharmaco
(b) the inane conversation of other lab rats
(c) the tasteless food they have to eat
(d) the reruns of old TV movies

Short Answer Questions

1. What program does Rodriguez apply for at Pharmaco?

2. What is Rodriguez given in order to edit his film?

3. What will Rodriguez' first feature length film be about?

4. What happens to Rodriguez after spending hours on editing his film?

5. What comes with the next prize Bedhead wins in a film competition?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe briefly how improvising becomes a big part of preparing for shooting the movie.

2. What does Rodriguez write about getting into the Pharmaco study?

3. Where do Rodriguez and Gallardo first try to sell the movie?

4. What are some of the progressive steps Rodriguez takes toward his film while in the Pharmaco study?

5. What does Rodriguez' brief association with Alfonzo Arau and his wife give him the impetus to do?

6. What does Robert Rodriguez say helped him improve his academic record by his junior year in high school?

7. What avenue does Rodriguez find for raising some quick cash?

8. Discuss Rodriguez' period of depression during post production.

9. What happens on the last day of shooting EL MARIACHI?

10. What kind of publicity does Rodriguez receive while shooting the movie?

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