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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven, "Postproduction, Take 3".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Juan Suarez offer to do for the movie?
(a) to find locations
(b) to hold the camera
(c) to make the costumes
(d) to compose music for the movie

2. How does Rodriguez refer to his operation while making El Mariachi?
(a) los locos productions
(b) el cheapo productions
(c) el estupido productions
(d) la luna productions

3. What special invitation is EL MARIACHI given?
(a) the Mexico City Film Festival
(b) the National Arts Institute Festival
(c) the Venice Film Festival
(d) the Sundance Film Festival

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has created so much interest in the movie in Hollywood?

2. How do Rodriguez and Gallardo meet all the people who end up helping them?

3. What is Rodriguez eager to make?

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

5. What will happen at a test screening of EL MARIACHI?

(see the answer key)

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