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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. How does Rodriguez plan to finish the project early?
(a) by cutting out part of the script
(b) by filming in fast motion
(c) by shooting several scenes each day
(d) by working day and night

2. What is Javier's offer for the rights to EL MARIACHI?
(a) $1,000 plus a percentage of the gorss
(b) $25,000
(c) $7,000
(d) $10,000

3. Why does Rodriguez have to go personally to ICM?
(a) he has to deliver some headshots
(b) the demo he left does not work properly
(c) they need him to pick up his demo
(d) he has to transalte the Spanish language

4. In LA, what do Rodriguez and Gallardo do to find a buyer?
(a) go door-to-door to sell El Mariachi
(b) get on TV and push their product
(c) have free showings of El Mariachi
(d) take out ads in the LA Times

5. What offer does a Spanish action movie production company make to Rodriguez and Gallardo?
(a) to send them to a Mexican film school
(b) to make a Spanish video action movie for him for $30,000
(c) to go on the company's payroll as directors
(d) to buy all their short films

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez worry about before going to Pharmaco?

2. What are Gallardo's contributions to making El Mariachi?

3. What does Rodriguez plan to do about using a camera he is not familiar with?

4. Why does Rodriguez overlook small mistakes he notices while shooting El Mariachi?

5. What interests the professor in Rodriquez' work?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the story of REBEL WITHOUT A CREW written?

3. Tell something about Rodriguez' borrowed camera.

4. Why does Rodriguez turn down the first offer he is given for the movie?

5. How does Rodriguez begin trying to market his film?

6. Describe the first thing Rodriguez does in post production.

7. At what age did Rodriguez get interested in making movies and how did it begin?

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

9. In Mexico, what is Rodriguez' first experience on a real movie set?

10. Relate Rodriguez' encounter with the media when his trailer is aired on public television.

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