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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who else besides Elwood Dowd can see his invisible friend?
(a) Whomever the invisible friend wishes to see it.
(b) Just Elwood Dowd's immediate family.
(c) No-one else.
(d) Anyone Elwood Dowd introduces his friend to.

2. What does Myrtle Mae Simmons wonder aloud about her uncle, Eldwood Dowd?
(a) Why he can't just be run over by a truck.
(b) Why he isn't in show business.
(c) Why he can't be normal like her mother.
(d) Why he carries around an extra hat and raincoat.

3. In what room does Elwood Dowd wait when the ladies excuse themselves?
(a) The parlor.
(b) The living room.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The foyer.

4. What is Ethel Chauvenet's reaction to Elwood Dowd's imaginary friend?
(a) She is horrified and wants to get away.
(b) She calls the sanitarium immediately.
(c) She introduces Elwood Dowd to her own imaginary friend.
(d) She is oddly accepting of it.

5. What does Elwood Dowd carry around with him?
(a) An umbrella and a pocket knife.
(b) A snowglobe and a rabbit's foot.
(c) A Bible and a set of keys.
(d) A hat and raincoat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Elwood Dowd, approximately?

2. With whom does Elwood Dowd discuss the details of the book he picked from the bookshelf?

3. What does Veta Simmons tell Elwood Dowd to do?

4. Ethel Chauvenet is key in the first scene because ______________________.

5. Whom does Ethel Chauvenet invite to dinner "soon"?

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