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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of advice does Dr. Lyman Sanderson give Ruth Kelly?
(a) Packing advice.
(b) Dating advice.
(c) Travel tips.
(d) Cooking advice.

3. What happens as Elwood Dowd talks to his sister on the phone?
(a) Elwood Dowd curses under his breath.
(b) Elwood Dowd hangs up in a panic.
(c) Harvey arrives where Elwood Dowd is.
(d) Harvey greets the people in the mansion.

4. What does Myrtle Mae Simmons claim about living with her uncle?
(a) That it is horrendous.
(b) That he's always spoiling her.
(c) That it's not so bad after a while.
(d) That he never takes a bath.

5. What does Myrtle Mae Simmons bring into the room as proof her uncle is not well?
(a) A sculpture of Plato.
(b) A large flat parcel.
(c) A collection of rabbit-themed dinner plates.
(d) A diary written by Elwood Dowd to Harvey.

6. Where does Elwood Dowd say he and Harvey have adventures every night?
(a) The city.
(b) The Dowd mansion's basement.
(c) In bars.
(d) In a mystical land.

7. What happens to the front door at the end of this scene?
(a) Nothing.
(b) It opens and closes by itself.
(c) It unlocks itself.
(d) It disappears.

8. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson ask Elwood Dowd to do?
(a) Recount the night's events.
(b) Quit talking about Harvey.
(c) Pay for the drinks and Charlie's.
(d) Get ready to be admitted to the sanitarium.

9. What is Dr. William Chumley's emotional state when he enters the sanitarium?
(a) He is crying.
(b) He is babbling incoherently.
(c) He is nervous.
(d) He is punch drunk.

10. Who holds back Wilson when he tries to physically assault Elwood Dowd?
(a) Dr. William Chumley.
(b) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(c) Veta Simmons.
(d) Ruth Kelly.

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

12. 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.

13. What does Elwood Dowd tell Dr. Lyman Sanderson about the name Harvey?
(a) He likes it because its a gentle-sounding name.
(b) It's easy to spell.
(c) He never met anyone named that before.
(d) His uncle was named Harvey.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As the scene opens, who is talking on the phone?

2. Where does Elwood Dowd tell Betty Chumley about his location?

3. Who enters, looking disheveled and shaken?

4. Who is helping Dr. Lyman Sanderson pack his things?

5. Upon learning where Elwood Dowd is, what does Dr. William Chumley do?

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