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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, "Production".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What star does Gallardo suggest they try to get for their film?
(a) Lina Santos
(b) Ricardo Montalban
(c) Cantinflas
(d) Ricky Ricardo

2. Why is Rodriguez exhausted before going to Pharmaco?
(a) working hard on his short films and working two jobs
(b) staying up late every night editing
(c) traveling back and forth to Mexico
(d) trying to keep his grades up at the University of Texas

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Peter Marquardt?

2. How much do Rodriguez and Gallardo estimate it will take to make their movie?

3. How does Rodriguez obtain his first VCR?

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

5. Why does Rodriguez determine to stay in the Pharmaco study?

(see the answer key)

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