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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven, "Postproduction, Take 3".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Rodriguez after spending hours on editing his film?
(a) He starts losing his vision.
(b) His back goes out
(c) He has a reaction to the Pharmaco experiment.
(d) He accidentally erases all his work.

3. Short on money, how to Rodriguez and Gallardo arrange their trip to Los Angeles?
(a) hopping a freight car to LA and sleeping in a park
(b) driving to Los Angeles and staying at a friend's place
(c) hitchhiking to Los Angeles
(d) taking the bus to Los Angeles and staying at the YMCA

4. From whom does Rodriguez learn about professional jealousy in the world of filmmaking?
(a) from the professor at the university
(b) from Antonio Banderas
(c) from a former colleague
(d) from Gallardo

5. What are three important locations Rodriguez and Gallardo look for in Mexico?
(a) a jail, a ranch, and a bank
(b) a courtroom, a bar, and a theater
(c) a bar, a jail, and a bedroom
(d) a market, a hotel, and a slum

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rodriguez get his earliest exposure to films?

2. What is Rodriguez eager to make?

3. What program does Rodriguez apply for at Pharmaco?

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

5. Where does Rodriguez meet Tarantino again?

(see the answer key)

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