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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dr. Lyman Sanderson take Elwood Dowd?
(a) To the Dowd mansion.
(b) Upstairs in the sanitarium.
(c) To a padded cell.
(d) To Charlie's Place.

2. Who enters, looking disheveled and shaken?
(a) Elwood Dowd.
(b) Veta Simmons.
(c) Myrtle Mae Simmons.
(d) Dr. William Chumley.

3. Who comes to the house, asking about Veta Simmons?
(a) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(b) Mrs. Greenawalt.
(c) Judge Gaffney.
(d) Wilson.

4. According to Judge Gaffney, what are some of Elwood Dowd's strong points?
(a) Brains, personality and friends.
(b) Creative, strong, and quick-witted.
(c) Absent-minded, helpful.
(d) Dashing, forceful, and brave.

5. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson tell Elwood Dowd?
(a) He believes he can see Harvey, too.
(b) He's sorry they committed Veta Simmons.
(c) He and Ruth Kelly are running off together.
(d) He has to face reality.

6. Where does Elwood Dowd tell Betty Chumley about his location?
(a) That he was where he was.
(b) That he was at Chumley's Rest.
(c) That he was at home.
(d) That he was at Charlie's Place.

7. Who is helping Dr. Lyman Sanderson pack his things?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Dr. William Chumley.
(c) Ruth Kelly.
(d) Elwood Dowd.

8. According to Elwood Dowd, people around town tell him about their _______________ each night.
(a) craft projects
(b) grandchildren
(c) hopes, dreams, and loves
(d) fears and anxieties

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

10. Myrtle Mae Simmons insists that the judge do what?
(a) Talk some sense to Dr. William Chumley.
(b) Find Elwood Dowd and lock him up.
(c) Set her up with Ethel Chauvenet's grandson.
(d) Call an area-wide search for Elwood Dowd.

11. Who enters the scene after Elwood Dowd, Dr. Lyman Sanderson, and the nurse exit?
(a) Dr. William Chumley.
(b) Judge Gaffney.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Veta Simmons.

12. Where does Dr. Lyman Sanderson claim to have seen Ruth Kelly last Saturday?
(a) At a cocktail party.
(b) At a restaurant.
(c) At a dance.
(d) At the mall.

13. Veta Simmons was extremely upset by the doctors' questions at Chumley's Rest because they all related to _______________.
(a) Sexual urges.
(b) Potty training.
(c) Giant rabbits.
(d) Celtic mythology.

14. What does Dr. William Chumley want to know about Elwood Dowd?
(a) If Elwood Dowd would save him a seat at Charlie's Place.
(b) If Elwood Dowd really sees something the rest of them don't.
(c) Where Elwood Dowd is.
(d) If Harvey is with Elwood Dowd.

15. What is Veta Simmons' reaction when she sees the portrait of Elwood Dowd and Harvey on the mantle?
(a) She pretends she doesn't see it.
(b) She laughs uncontrollably.
(c) She shrieks and runs out of the room.
(d) She nearly faints.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Veta Simmons, what keeps people going and separates them from "the beasts"?

2. What happens to the front door at the end of this scene?

3. How does Elwood Dowd respond to Wilson's questions?

4. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson ask Elwood Dowd to do?

5. What does Elwood Dowd find in Myrtle Mae Simmons' package?

(see the answer keys)

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