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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson believe about Veta Simmons?
(a) She might be an alcoholic.
(b) She is very attractive for an older woman.
(c) She could be very dangerous.
(d) She is in too much of a hurry to leave.

2. Who does Dr. Lyman Sanderson believe needs immediate treatment?
(a) Elwood Dowd.
(b) Veta Simmons.
(c) Ethel Chauvenet.
(d) Ruth Kelly.

3. How does Elwood Dowd describe Harvey to Dr. William Chumley's wife?
(a) All responses are correct.
(b) He's a Pooka.
(c) He's very choosy about who he likes.
(d) He's very tall.

4. What does Veta Simmons confess to Dr. Lyman Sanderson about Harvey?
(a) That even she has seen him occasionally.
(b) That Harvey keeps her awake sometimes by whistling.
(c) That Harvey is a rediculous fantasy of Elwood Dowd's.
(d) That Harvey has been killing sheep in the area.

5. What does Wilson read at the end of this scene?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A sales pamphlet.
(c) An encyclopedia.
(d) A psychiatrics manual.

6. Who does Elwood Dowd tell Dr. William Chumley's wife that he's looking for?
(a) Harvey.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(d) Mrs. Greenawalt.

7. What does Elwood Dowd tell Ethel Chauvenet when she reacts to his casual conversation with his invisible friend?
(a) That Harvey favors her and will bless her home.
(b) That all their lives are in danger if Harvey is not appeased.
(c) She better be good or Harvey will get her.
(d) Not to be alarmed.

8. How is Elwood Dowd dressed when we first see him?
(a) In a military officer's dress uniform.
(b) In a hat and raincoat.
(c) In a business suit.
(d) In a floral shirt and cargo shorts.

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

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

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

12. How tall is Harvey, according to Elwood Dowd?
(a) Eight feet tall.
(b) Ten feet tall.
(c) Four feet tall.
(d) Six feet tall.

13. With whom does Elwood Dowd discuss the details of the book he picked from the bookshelf?
(a) Myrtle Mae Simmons.
(b) Harvey.
(c) Veta Simmons.
(d) Ethel Chauvenet.

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

15. 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 is such a gentleman.
(c) Elwood Dowd promised to pay.
(d) Elwood Dowd could teach them how to drink flaming shots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Veta Simmons trying to do at the sanitarium?

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

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

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

5. Who is ultimately locked up in the sanitarium in this scene?

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