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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine, "Postproduction, Take 2".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps with shooting the chase scene?
(a) the local police
(b) NASCAR drivers
(c) low riders
(d) local teenage drivers

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

3. What is the best way to describe Rodriguez' style of film making?
(a) fast and effective
(b) cheap and amateurish
(c) simple and plotless
(d) quick and quirky

4. Why does Rodriguez have to go personally to ICM?
(a) he has to deliver some headshots
(b) the demo he left does not work properly
(c) they need him to pick up his demo
(d) he has to transalte the Spanish language

5. How does Rodriguez sum up his pre-production activity for El Mariachi?
(a) as education
(b) as the hardest part
(c) as simplification
(d) as improvisation

Short Answer Questions

1. What are three important locations Rodriguez and Gallardo look for in Mexico?

2. What does Rodriguez decide he wants, even if he works for Hollywood?

3. What does Rodriguez plan to do about using a camera he is not familiar with?

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

5. What does Rodriguez enjoy doing during the Pharmaco study?

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