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

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

3. What actor does Rodriguez meet who wants to be in his next film?
(a) Cheech Marin
(b) David Hasselhoff
(c) Erik Estrada
(d) Julio Iglasias

4. What does the president of Miramax want to do?
(a) to shoot a full length film of Bedhead
(b) to buy his next film
(c) to hire him to write scripts
(d) to purchase and release the original El Mariachi

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rodriguez' last entry in his diary?

2. Even though enormous sums of money are being dangled in front of him, what is Rodriguez' actual financial condition?

3. What is said to determine the fate of El Mariachi?

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

5. After what do people start to recognize him on the street?

Short Essay Questions

1. What state of mind does the Toronto Film Festival create in Rodriguez?

2. What does Rodriguez learn about Hollywood that affects him personally while the negotiations continue?

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

4. How is Rodriguez suddenly being courted by Hollywood and what does he learn about the value of his movie?

5. Tell what comes of Rodriguez' contacting ICM.

6. In what way does Rodriguez respond to skeptics?

7. What is the good news and bad news for Rodriguez as the negotiations for his movie continue?

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

9. Describe Rodriguez' emotions before the Telluride Film Festival.

10. Describe the occasion for a new friendship for Rodriguez in Toronto.

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