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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Rodriguez refer to his operation while making El Mariachi?
(a) la luna productions
(b) los locos productions
(c) el estupido productions
(d) el cheapo productions

3. What results if any of the rules are broken at the Pharmaco study?
(a) expulsion from the program
(b) extension of time in the study
(c) legal action
(d) a fine deducted from the pay

4. What comes with the next prize Bedhead wins in a film competition?
(a) a new 16mm movie camera
(b) $700 that he will use in El Mariachi
(c) a school scholarship
(d) an offer to go to Hollywood

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

6. How is the story of the book told?
(a) first person diary form
(b) third person chronological form
(c) first person dream sequences
(d) third person interview form

7. What does a professor at the film school think of Rodriguez' idea of making a film so cheaply?
(a) that they have planned well
(b) that it has possibilities
(c) that it can be done cheaper than that
(d) that it will fail

8. What is Rodriguez given in order to edit his film?
(a) access to modern editing equipment at the university
(b) access to old equipment at the cable station
(c) good advice from his university professor
(d) a grant for having his movie edited

9. How much do Rodriguez and Gallardo estimate it will take to make their movie?
(a) $8,000
(b) $700
(c) $10,000
(d) $30,000

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

11. How does Rodriguez plan to finish the project early?
(a) by filming in fast motion
(b) by working day and night
(c) by shooting several scenes each day
(d) by cutting out part of the script

12. In his TV interview, what does Rodriguez give the viewers?
(a) tips about creating a film with a limited budget
(b) stand up comedy jokes about movie making
(c) offers to hold movie making classes
(d) free copies of his CD

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

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

15. What bores Rodriguez the most during the study?
(a) the slow pace of life at Pharmaco
(b) the tasteless food they have to eat
(c) the inane conversation of other lab rats
(d) the reruns of old TV movies

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rodriguez refer to Gallardo to the media who want to interview him?

2. Who is Consuelo Gomez?

3. Who are the actors in Rodriguez' short film, Bedhead?

4. What does Rodriguez participate in to raise money?

5. What is on Rodriguez' demo tape?

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