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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do Rodriguez and Gallardo meet all the people who end up helping them?
(a) through an agency
(b) through advertisements
(c) by accident
(d) at the film school

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

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

5. What are the weapons used in the film?
(a) guns rented from a pawnshop
(b) plastic toy store guns
(c) real guns borrowed from the police
(d) army surplus guns

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Peter Marquardt?

2. Why does Rodriguez turn down volunteer help on making his movie?

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

4. Why does Rodriguez have to work faster at the cable station?

5. What is the first scene Rodriguez completes as he writes his screenplay?

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