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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. William Chumley suggest that Dr. Lyman Sanderson can use on Veta Simmons for her treatment?
(a) Formula 44.
(b) Grecian Formula.
(c) Formula 977.
(d) Formula 401.

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

3. 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.

4. Whom does Ethel Chauvenet invite to dinner "soon"?
(a) Mrs. Greenawalt.
(b) Dr. William Chumley.
(c) Myrtle Mae Simmons.
(d) Elwood Dowd.

5. What one word best sums up the type of humor in this scene?
(a) All responses are correct.
(b) Witty references to pop culture.
(c) Miscommunication.
(d) Slapstick.

6. What does Veta Simmons tell Elwood Dowd to do?
(a) Get out of her house.
(b) Wait in the parlor.
(c) Quit playing games.
(d) Help in the kitchen.

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

8. Where does Wilson say he left Veta Simmons after he took her upstairs in the sanitarium?
(a) The massage room.
(b) Solitary confinement.
(c) The hydro tub.
(d) The sauna.

9. According to the sanitarium staff, who entered the sanitarium with Elwood Dowd?
(a) Veta Simmons and Myrtle Mae Simmons.
(b) Veta Simmons and Wilson.
(c) Veta Simmons and Harvey.
(d) Veta Simmons only.

10. What is the name of the main character's invisible friend?
(a) Garvey.
(b) Larry.
(c) Harvey.
(d) Gary.

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

12. How do the employees of the sanitarium regard Dr. William Chumley?
(a) They think he only cares about money.
(b) They think he's over the hill and needs to retire.
(c) They are very respectful of him.
(d) They think he's going broke.

13. At one point in this scene, Veta Simmons asks Myrtle Mae Simmons to verify what?
(a) Whether or not Mrs. Greenawalt has good taste in whiskey.
(b) If Elwood Dowd had any prescription medications.
(c) Whether or not Harvey was with Elwood.
(d) Whether or not Ethel Chauvenet's grandson will be at the dinner.

14. What reason does the nurse, Ruth Kelly, give to Dr. Lyman Sanderson for wanting the two of them to join Elwood Dowd for drinks later that night?
(a) Elwood Dowd was pitiful and sad and needed company.
(b) Elwood Dowd could teach them how to drink flaming shots.
(c) Elwood Dowd promised to pay.
(d) Elwood Dowd is such a gentleman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Elwood Dowd's outlook when Wilson brings him to Dr. Lyman Sanderson?

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

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

4. Which character was selected to be the associate doctor at the sanitarium?

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

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