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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rodriguez plan to use to film El Mariachi?
(a) an Arriflex that he borrowed from a friend in Austin
(b) equipment rented in Mexico
(c) a small video camera
(d) a camera borrowed from his film professor

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

3. How is the story of the book told?
(a) third person interview form
(b) first person diary form
(c) first person dream sequences
(d) third person chronological form

4. What does El Mariachi receive on airing its trailer on public access TV?
(a) positive responses from viewers
(b) an offer to finance the film
(c) inquiries about where the film was made
(d) negative reviews by critics

5. What advice does Rodriguez recall as he starts work on his movie?
(a) being creative and technical is better
(b) being creative is all you need to succeed
(c) it takes at least $30,000 to make a movie
(d) always hire someone to do the technical jobs

6. What bores Rodriguez the most during the study?
(a) the slow pace of life at Pharmaco
(b) the tasteless food they have to eat
(c) the reruns of old TV movies
(d) the inane conversation of other lab rats

7. What does the budget for transferring the film to video come in at?
(a) half of the original budget
(b) twice what Rodriguez had estimated
(c) only $100
(d) $500 less than the original budget

8. Heading back to Texas after failing to sign a contract, what does Rodriguez tell himself?
(a) Something good will come from his failure.
(b) It will come through and he will do everything by mail.
(c) He can raise more money and go back again.
(d) A contract will come from New York.

9. Why does Rodriguez have to work faster at the cable station?
(a) It is being sold to new owners.
(b) It is moving to another city.
(c) It is going public.
(d) It is about to be closed.

10. Who is Consuelo Gomez?
(a) an inexperienced actress to play the role of Domino
(b) a film editor to work on the movie
(c) the caterer for the movie
(d) a seamstress who makes cheap costumes

11. What enhances Rodriguez' technical skills?
(a) learning how to operate a camera
(b) learning how to do makeshift lighting
(c) learning how to handle all the postproduction details
(d) learning how to raise money

12. In LA, what do Rodriguez and Gallardo do to find a buyer?
(a) take out ads in the LA Times
(b) get on TV and push their product
(c) go door-to-door to sell El Mariachi
(d) have free showings of El Mariachi

13. What comes of the efforts to get Lina Santos, a Mexican movie and TV star, to act in El Mariachi?
(a) She agrees and then backs out.
(b) Her agent demands too much money.
(c) She still will not commit to being in the movie.
(d) They never get in to see her.

14. What short Rodriguez film wins the University of Missouri Fine Arts Competition?
(a) Redhead
(b) The Mariachi
(c) The Last Carnival
(d) Bedhead

15. How do Rodriguez and Gallardo rate the Spanish films starring at least one famous actor?
(a) serious competition
(b) well made
(c) exciting
(d) bad

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Rodriguez and his roommate bring to read during the Pharmaco study?

2. Where do Rodriguez' first short films get shown?

3. What do they use for a dolly to move the camera in some scenes?

4. What daring thing does Rodriguez do in Hollywood?

5. What results if any of the rules are broken at the Pharmaco study?

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