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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Rodriguez and his roommate bring to read during the Pharmaco study?
(a) the same Stephen King book
(b) The Last of the Mohicans
(c) books on film making
(d) a John Grisham novel

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

4. What are Gallardo's contributions to making El Mariachi?
(a) carrying equipment and setting up lights
(b) composing the music and doing the sound effects
(c) editing the script and doing the titles
(d) securing permission, using his relations, and finding actors

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What comes of the efforts to get Lina Santos, a Mexican movie and TV star, to act in El Mariachi?

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

3. How does Rodriguez obtain his first VCR?

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

5. What short Rodriguez film wins the University of Missouri Fine Arts Competition?

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