View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rodriguez plan to do about using a camera he is not familiar with?
(a) improvise and learn the hard way
(b) read the owner's manual
(c) hire a good cameraman
(d) take a crash course

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

3. What comes with the next prize Bedhead wins in a film competition?
(a) $700 that he will use in El Mariachi
(b) an offer to go to Hollywood
(c) a school scholarship
(d) a new 16mm movie camera

4. What does Rodriguez worry about before going to Pharmaco?
(a) the time he will lose
(b) the isolation from his family
(c) the side effects caused by medical experiments
(d) the fear of failing the physical

5. Where do Rodriguez' first short films get shown?
(a) in his garage
(b) in class at his high school
(c) in a sports bar in Mexico
(d) a Mexican local television channel and in dance clubs

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Gallardo's contributions to making El Mariachi?

2. What does Rodriguez say a film school teaches?

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

4. What interests the professor in Rodriquez' work?

5. What do Rodriguez and Gallardo do to scope out the competition?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 340 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample