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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 the budget for transferring the film to video come in at?
(a) half of the original budget
(b) twice what Rodriguez had estimated
(c) only $100
(d) $500 less than the original budget

2. What does Rodriguez enjoy doing during the Pharmaco study?
(a) playing his guitar
(b) watching the other lab rats
(c) watching reruns on TV
(d) talking to the nurses

3. What interests the professor in Rodriquez' work?
(a) that his short films are creative but rough
(b) that his award-winning short films were done by him alone
(c) that he has never won a short film award
(d) that his work shows signs of genius

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

5. What makes it necessary to improvise?
(a) the lack of experience
(b) the lack of time
(c) the lack of actors
(d) the lack of funds

Short Answer Questions

1. What does he learn how to do because of needing to do only one take of a scene?

2. What does a professor at the film school think of Rodriguez' idea of making a film so cheaply?

3. What comes with the next prize Bedhead wins in a film competition?

4. What advice does Rodriguez recall as he starts work on his movie?

5. Where do Rodriguez' first short films get shown?

(see the answer key)

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