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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Short on money, how to Rodriguez and Gallardo arrange their trip to Los Angeles?
(a) driving to Los Angeles and staying at a friend's place
(b) hopping a freight car to LA and sleeping in a park
(c) hitchhiking to Los Angeles
(d) taking the bus to Los Angeles and staying at the YMCA

2. What is Rodriguez able to do when he has access to two VCRs?
(a) add titles to his films
(b) make two movies at one time
(c) shoot from multiple camera angles
(d) edit his films

3. What does Rodriguez think will compensate for any inadequacies in costuming?
(a) his shooting and editing style
(b) his film noir style
(c) his cropping style
(d) his soft focus style

4. What is the advantage to Rodriguez after being admitted into the University of Texas film school?
(a) access to the equipment he needed
(b) connections to Hollywood
(c) more time to make his films
(d) good critiques of his methods

5. Who helps with shooting the chase scene?
(a) the local police
(b) low riders
(c) NASCAR drivers
(d) local teenage drivers

6. What does Rodriguez think is the most important thing for attracting a distributor?
(a) a big neame star
(b) a higher percentage of the gross profits
(c) an attractive trailer
(d) a chance to meet the stars

7. Where does Rodriguez find his photo?
(a) on the film school wall
(b) on the entertainment page of the Express News
(c) on the post office wall
(d) on the cover of Texas Times

8. How does Rodriguez plan to make single shot weapons appear to be semi-automatic?
(a) through digital manipuation
(b) through prop enhancement
(c) through careful editing
(d) though a soft filter lens

9. Why does Rodriguez determine to stay in the Pharmaco study?
(a) to keep from having to borrow money
(b) to get the rest he needs
(c) to get out of going to class
(d) to prove that he is a man

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

11. What are three important locations Rodriguez and Gallardo look for in Mexico?
(a) a market, a hotel, and a slum
(b) a jail, a ranch, and a bank
(c) a bar, a jail, and a bedroom
(d) a courtroom, a bar, and a theater

12. How does Rodriguez obtain his first VCR?
(a) through winning a contest
(b) through a sales promotion with no money down
(c) through his father's love for gadgets
(d) through his wife's brother's hobby

13. How does Rodriguez get his earliest exposure to films?
(a) the inspiration of an English teacher
(b) his father's job in a movie theater
(c) his mother's love of the movies
(d) his hours watching old movies on TV

14. Who is Peter Marquardt?
(a) Rodriguez's film school professor
(b) a doctor at the Pharmaco study
(c) an agent who wants to sign Rodriguez
(d) Rodriguez' roommate at the Pharmaco study.

15. What is the first scene Rodriguez completes as he writes his screenplay?
(a) A police chase ends in a fiery crash.
(b) The Mariachi tries to find work at a cafe but is turned down.
(c) Azul gets a job singing at a Mexican cafe.
(d) The Mariachi sings to a beautiful woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bores Rodriguez the most during the study?

2. Which company was the only one that seemed to make a reasonable offer for EL MARIACHI?

3. How does Rodriguez sum up his pre-production activity for El Mariachi?

4. What makes it necessary to improvise?

5. Why is Rodriguez exhausted before going to Pharmaco?

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