2. Who is Peter Marquardt?
(a) Rodriguez' roommate at the Pharmaco study.
(b) an agent who wants to sign Rodriguez
(c) a doctor at the Pharmaco study
(d) Rodriguez's film school professor

3. Why does Newman call Rodriguez?
(a) to ask for any other demos Rodriguez has
(b) to get his phone number in Texas
(c) to tell him he loves the trailer and that he wants to work with him
(d) to say he cannot use EL MARIACHI

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Robert Newman?
(a) a studio head
(b) a financier
(c) an ICM agent
(d) a studio hiring agent

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

10. 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.

11. What does Rodriguez participate in to raise money?
(a) a sleep deprivation study
(b) a dance team performing in Mexico
(c) a drug study conducted by Pharmaco
(d) a short stint in the military

12. What are Gallardo's contributions to making El Mariachi?
(a) editing the script and doing the titles
(b) carrying equipment and setting up lights
(c) composing the music and doing the sound effects
(d) securing permission, using his relations, and finding actors

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

14. What is the significance of June 20th for Rodriguez?
(a) the day he wins another film contest
(b) his first day of shooting The Mariachi
(c) his 23rd birthday
(d) the day he leaves the Pharmaco study

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