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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. What does Veta Simmons believe is protecting her brother?
(a) The Pooka.
(b) A small revolver.
(c) An uncommon good luck streak.
(d) Sheer naivete.

2. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson claim about Veta Simmons' mental condition?
(a) He believes she is too eager to leave the sanitarium.
(b) He believes she cannot tell the truth.
(c) He believes that she has endured Elwood Dowd's insanity well.
(d) He thinks her condition is very serious.

3. How does Elwood Dowd speak to Mrs. Greenawalt?
(a) Very rudely.
(b) Very sadly.
(c) Very politely.
(d) Very abstractly.

4. In this scene, Dr. William Chumley and Judge Gaffney visit whom upstairs in the Dowd mansion?
(a) Mrs. Greenawalt.
(b) Veta Simmons.
(c) Elwood Dowd.
(d) Myrtle Mae Simmons.

5. Where does Elwood Dowd put the contents he finds in Myrtle Mae Simmons' flat parcel?
(a) On the mantle, over the picture of his mother.
(b) On the back of the front door to the mansion.
(c) In the garbage.
(d) In the hallway, near the hall tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Elwood Dowd deal with his invisible friend?

2. What detail about Elwood Dowd does Veta Simmons originally reveal to Dr. Lyman Sanderson?

3. Who else besides Elwood Dowd can see his invisible friend?

4. What is Myrtle Mae Simmons' attitude toward Elwood Dowd?

5. What happens whenever Elwood Dowd tries to introduce Harvey to the sanitarium staff?

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