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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Elwood Dowd do immediately upon arriving home?
(a) He pours himself some liquor from the bottle hidden in the bookshelf.
(b) He makes a phone call to Betty Chumley.
(c) He sneaks down to the basement to be alone.
(d) He picks up Myrtle Mae Simmons' package and runs outside with it.

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

4. According to the phone conversation at the beginning of this scene, who has gone missing for four hours?
(a) Elwood Dowd.
(b) Veta Simmons.
(c) Dr. William Chumley.
(d) Mrs. Greenawalt.

5. What does Dr. William Chumley believe?
(a) He is beginning to understand Elwood Dowd.
(b) He is being followed.
(c) All responses are correct.
(d) He is able to see Harvey

6. Where has Wilson been searching for Elwood Dowd?
(a) Area bars.
(b) Local sporting events.
(c) The corridors of Chumley's Rest.
(d) Under the stairwell.

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

8. 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 at the sanitarium.
(c) He's waiting at the bus stop.
(d) He's at Charlie's Place.

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

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

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

12. To whom is Myrtle Mae Simmons immediately attracted?
(a) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(b) Dr. William Chumley.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Judge Gaffney.

13. How did Harvey receive his name, according to Elwood Dowd?
(a) Harvey let Elwood Dowd pick the name.
(b) Harvey was given his name by a higher power.
(c) The name was drawn at random from a hat.
(d) Harvey told Elwood Dowd what his name was.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Veta Simmons was extremely upset by the doctors' questions at Chumley's Rest because they all related to _______________.

2. According to Elwood Dowd's story, after Dr. William Chumley was through with his argument he ______________.

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

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

5. Who does Ruth Kelly call to verify Elwood Dowd's story?

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