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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Elwood Dowd's initial reaction upon seeing the parcel Myrtle Mae Simmons left?
(a) He is terrified.
(b) He is saddened.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is excited.

2. What does Dr. William Chumley assure Judge Gaffney of to hopefully avoid a lawsuit?
(a) That he was planning on shutting down the sanitarium soon.
(b) That everything was a total misunderstanding.
(c) That Dr. Lyman Sanderson has been fired.
(d) That Wilson was really to blame for Veta Simmons' rough treatment.

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

4. Where does this scene take place?
(a) A padded cell.
(b) The Dowd mansion.
(c) Charlie's Place.
(d) The office in Chumley's Rest.

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

6. What does Ruth Kelly tell Dr. Lyman Sanderson?
(a) She never really liked him.
(b) She is in love with someone else.
(c) She is sorry he's leaving.
(d) She feels they have too much time alone together.

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

8. Why did Elwood Dowd return to Chumley's Rest?
(a) To keep his appointment with Ruth Kelly and Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(b) To harass them about admitting Veta Simmons earlier.
(c) To see how everyone was getting along.
(d) To check himself in.

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

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

11. What is Wilson's attitude toward Elwood Dowd's story regarding Dr. William Chumley?
(a) He couldn't care less.
(b) He is extremely skeptical.
(c) He believes Elwood Dowd.
(d) He is amazed and speechless.

12. Where does Veta Simmons tell Elwood Dowd that Harvey is located?
(a) In the mansion's basement.
(b) At the mailbox across the road.
(c) In the mansion's bathtub.
(d) At the sanitarium.

13. What does Veta Simmons ask the judge to do?
(a) Sue the sanitarium.
(b) Execute a restraining order on Wilson.
(c) Take her out to dinner.
(d) Help her to her room.

14. Where does this scene take place?
(a) The police station.
(b) A field near town.
(c) The Dowd library.
(d) The sanitarium.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elwood Dowd tell Dr. Lyman Sanderson about the name Harvey?

2. What does Dr. William Chumley want to know about Elwood Dowd?

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

4. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson tell Elwood Dowd?

5. In this scene, Dr. William Chumley and Judge Gaffney visit whom upstairs in the Dowd mansion?

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