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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What will Rodriguez' first feature length film be about?
(a) a boy lost in the Mexican desert
(b) a musician who wants to become a mariachi
(c) a man named The Mariachi with a guitar full of weapons,
(d) a family of sleepy siblings

3. What enhances Rodriguez' technical skills?
(a) learning how to raise money
(b) learning how to do makeshift lighting
(c) learning how to operate a camera
(d) learning how to handle all the postproduction details

4. Which scenes of El Mariachi are shot first?
(a) the swimming pool scenes
(b) those with Reinol Martinez, the man who plays Azul
(c) the musical scenes
(d) the gunfight scenes in the jail

5. Why does Rodriguez return to see Gallardo in Mexico?
(a) He needs more money.
(b) He needs a breat from editing.
(c) He needs Gallardo's moral support.
(d) He needs to re-record some of his lines.

6. What does Rodriguez worry about before going to Pharmaco?
(a) the time he will lose
(b) the side effects caused by medical experiments
(c) the isolation from his family
(d) the fear of failing the physical

7. What interests the professor in Rodriquez' work?
(a) that his award-winning short films were done by him alone
(b) that his short films are creative but rough
(c) that he has never won a short film award
(d) that his work shows signs of genius

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

9. How does Rodriguez decide to label his film in the credits?
(a) A Los Hooligans Production
(b) A Small Wonder Production
(c) A Gallardo/Rodriguez Production
(d) A Rodgal Production

10. 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) They never get in to see her.
(d) She agrees and then backs out.

11. How does Rodriguez obtain his first VCR?
(a) through a sales promotion with no money down
(b) through winning a contest
(c) through his wife's brother's hobby
(d) through his father's love for gadgets

12. What does Rodriguez decide to do before doing a full edit of the film?
(a) take it to his university professor
(b) make a rough edit at home
(c) ask advice from Quentin Tarantino
(d) take a class on movie editing

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

14. What does Rodriguez think will compensate for any inadequacies in costuming?
(a) his film noir style
(b) his soft focus style
(c) his cropping style
(d) his shooting and editing style

15. 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) he has to transalte the Spanish language
(d) they need him to pick up his demo

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Rodriguez' first short films get shown?

2. What is the best way to describe Rodriguez' style of film making?

3. How does Rodriguez refer to his operation while making El Mariachi?

4. How is the story of the book told?

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

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