2. What does he learn how to do because of needing to do only one take of a scene?
(a) to plan only short scenes for the film
(b) to shoot as little raw footage as possible
(c) to write with one camera angle in mind
(d) to work only in the early morning

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

4. What inspires Rodriguez enough to do two takes of one scene?
(a) a chase scene between the villians and the Mariachi.
(b) a turtle walking to town with the Mariachi
(c) Azul and his jacket
(d) the Mariachi drinking from a coconut

5. What does Rodriguez think is the most important thing for attracting a distributor?
(a) a chance to meet the stars
(b) a big neame star
(c) a higher percentage of the gross profits
(d) an attractive trailer

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

7. What program does Rodriguez apply for at Pharmaco?
(a) an outpatient study
(b) a $7,000 study
(c) a weekend study
(d) a $3,000 study

8. What interests the professor in Rodriquez' work?
(a) that his work shows signs of genius
(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 short films are creative but rough

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

10. Why does Rodriguez turn down volunteer help on making his movie?
(a) He fears they will take credit for his work.
(b) He thinks it will be bad luck.
(c) He does not have money to feed anyone.
(d) He does not want a witness in case the movie is a failure.

11. What is Rodriguez able to do when he has access to two VCRs?
(a) edit his films
(b) shoot from multiple camera angles
(c) add titles to his films
(d) make two movies at one time

12. What does Rodriguez say a film school teaches?
(a) how to enter film contests
(b) how to find investors for a movie project
(c) how to make a big budget movie or how to make contacts
(d) how to buy expensive equipment

13. In LA, what do Rodriguez and Gallardo do to find a buyer?
(a) get on TV and push their product
(b) go door-to-door to sell El Mariachi
(c) take out ads in the LA Times
(d) have free showings of El Mariachi

14. When is Rodriguez informed that the owner of the borrowed camera will need it back?
(a) that same day
(b) in four days
(c) in two weeks
(d) the next day

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