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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Betty Chumley and Wilson are left alone at the end of this scene. What do they talk about?
(a) What a tremendous mistake it was to admit Veta Simmons.
(b) What a Pooka is.
(c) How polite Elwood Dowd is.
(d) When the office would be remodeled.

2. Which character was selected to be the associate doctor at the sanitarium?
(a) Dr. William B. Chumley.
(b) Miss Johnson.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.

3. Who is speaking to Veta Simmons as the scene opens?
(a) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(b) Dr. William Chumley.
(c) Ruth Kelly, a nurse at the sanitarium.
(d) Wilson.

4. Who is ultimately locked up in the sanitarium in this scene?
(a) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(b) Myrtle Mae Simmons.
(c) Veta Simmons.
(d) Wilson.

5. What does Mrs. Greenawalt try to sell Elwood Dowd over the phone?
(a) A set of custom knives.
(b) A vacuum.
(c) A subscription.
(d) A vacation package.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Myrtle Mae Simmons and her mother primarily trying to achieve?

2. What is Veta Simmons' reaction to Elwood Dowd's "friend"?

3. Who comes to the house, asking about Veta Simmons?

4. What are Veta Simmons and Ruth Kelly talking about?

5. How old is Elwood Dowd, approximately?

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