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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 a theater owner in Austin, Texas, tell Rodriguez he is doing?
(a) He is ordering a print of El Mariachi.
(b) He is showing El Miriachi every Saturday at midnight.
(c) He is suing the Mexican film commission.
(d) He is taking El Mariachi to the Berlin Film Festival.

2. What young movie maker is also at the festival screening his film, RESERVOIR DOGS?
(a) Quentin Tarantino
(b) John Landis
(c) Stephen Spielberg
(d) Roger Corman

3. Who is the first celebrity Rodriguez meets on a movie set?
(a) Pee Wee Herman
(b) Bruce Willis
(c) Arnold Schwarzenegger
(d) Angela Landsbury

4. What pleases Rodriguez about benefits for others who donated their time and talent to the film?
(a) The town in Mexico will get a new jail.
(b) The Mariachi music composers will earn royalties
(c) The actors will be flown to Hollywood for the premier.
(d) Gallardo will get paid for his work as a crew member.

5. What special treatment does Rodriguez receive in Hollywood?
(a) free movie passes
(b) introductions to all his favorite stars
(c) limousines and luxury hotels
(d) tours of the back lots

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Rodriguez run into again in Toronto?

4. What does the movie poster prove to Rodriguez, Peter, and Gallardo?

5. What is Rodriguez eager to make?

Short Essay Questions

1. Has Rodriguez' life changed since Hollywood became interested in him?

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

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

4. Give an example of how Rodriguez thinks about other people than himself.

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

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

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

8. How do things go for EL MARIACHI at the Sundance Film Festival?

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

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

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