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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 the movie poster prove to Rodriguez, Peter, and Gallardo?
(a) that they will make a sequel
(b) that this was not all a dream
(c) that they are no longer in Mexico
(d) that they were right all along

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

3. What does John Watson, a producer, tell Rodriguez?
(a) He will never repeat what he did in EL MARIACHI.
(b) The public will inevitably turn on him.
(c) He may just be a flash in the pan.
(d) The popularity of the movie will work against him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news about Rodriguez spreads fast around Hollywood?

2. What does Rodriguez tell NPR?

3. What does Rodriguez classify as the main reason for professional incompetence in making movies?

4. What good luck finally comes to Rodriguez?

5. How does EL MARIACHI do at the Sundance Festival?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a movie producer try to rain on Rodriguez' parade?

2. What happens around the test screening of EL MARIACHI?

3. Briefly describe the changes in Rodriguez' life in just one year.

4. What is the feeling about how things will turn out at Sundance?

5. How does Rodriguez express his philosophy of movie making?

6. How does Rodriguez' insecurity show up during the bidding war for his movie and his services?

7. Give an example of Rodriguez's frugality before the Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals.

8. Describe how Rodriguez delivers the script for a sequel to EL MARIACHI.

9. What annoys Rodriguez about the sound editing on his film?

10. How does Rodriguez feel about the national release of his original film?

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