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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 will happen at a test screening of EL MARIACHI?
(a) Statistics will be gathered about how many fall asleep.
(b) The audience will answer questions about the movie.
(c) The audience response will be measured by applause.
(d) Ticket prices will be lowered.

2. What excites Rodriguez on July 8th, two weeks after his 24th birthday?
(a) meeting Antonio Banderas
(b) starting pre-production on a new film
(c) finishing the edit on El Mariachi
(d) at last receiving his final Columbia contract

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

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

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the president of Miramax want to do?

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

3. Who goes with Rodriguez to Toronto?

4. What nearly brings Rodriguez to a breakdown?

5. Where does Newman want to send El Mariachi?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Rodriguez attend the Grammy Awards party and what kind of reception does he get?

4. Describe the change in Rodriguez as his film gets audience approval at Telluride.

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

6. Tell what comes of Rodriguez' contacting ICM.

7. How does Rodriguez's sense of humor come through as he is being contacted by Hollywood studios?

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

9. What kind of celebrity treatment does Rodriguez receive when he goes on tour?

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

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