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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. As the scene opens, who is talking on the phone?
(a) Dr. William Chumley.
(b) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Ruth Kelly.

4. What does Harvey look like, according to this scene?
(a) A giant rabbit with a polka dot collar and red necktie.
(b) A giant rabbit with a hat and trenchcoat.
(c) A giant rabbit with a spiked collar.
(d) A giant rabbit with a fez and a leather belt.

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

6. How does Judge Gaffney feel about Elwood Dowd being locked up in the sanitarium?
(a) He feels vindicated.
(b) He is amused.
(c) He is relieved that Elwood Dowd is finally getting some help.
(d) He feels bad about it.

7. Who seems most concerned about the character that's gone missing at the outset of the scene?
(a) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(b) Ruth Kelly.
(c) Veta Simmons.
(d) Wilson.

8. Who says "A painting shows not only the reality but the dream behind it"?
(a) Elwood Dowd.
(b) Veta Simmons.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Dr. William Chumley.

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

10. What does Veta Simmons try to get Elwood Dowd to do?
(a) Come back to the mansion looking for Harvey.
(b) Go ahead and commit her to the sanitarium.
(c) Turn himself in at the police station.
(d) To run as far away as he can.

11. What does Dr. William Chumley ask Wilson to do?
(a) Lock the front door.
(b) Be careful.
(c) Clear out his desk.
(d) Feed the cat.

12. Where was Harvey when Elwood Dowd first met him?
(a) In the Dowd mansion.
(b) Leaning against a white lamp post.
(c) At Chumley's Rest.
(d) By a river.

13. Veta Simmons informs Dr. William Chumley that she knows where Elwood Dowd is. Where is he?
(a) He's in the mansion's basement.
(b) He's waiting at the bus stop.
(c) He's at the sanitarium.
(d) He's at Charlie's Place.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Elwood Dowd put the contents he finds in Myrtle Mae Simmons' flat parcel?

2. What does Veta Simmons tell Dr. William Chumley about her brother, Elwood Dowd?

3. Where does this scene take place?

4. What does Elwood Dowd tell Ruth Kelly about Dr. William Chumley's whereabouts?

5. What does Dr. William Chumley assure Judge Gaffney of to hopefully avoid a lawsuit?

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