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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where does Elwood Dowd put the contents he finds in Myrtle Mae Simmons' flat parcel?
(a) On the mantle, over the picture of his mother.
(b) On the back of the front door to the mansion.
(c) In the hallway, near the hall tree.
(d) In the garbage.

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

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

8. Who calls in to speak with Veta Simmons?
(a) Ruth Kelly.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Elwood Dowd.
(d) Dr. William Chumley.

9. What does Elwood Dowd find in Myrtle Mae Simmons' package?
(a) A portrait of Elwood Dowd and Harvey.
(b) A small bundle of books about Pookas.
(c) A wooden plaque engraved to Harvey.
(d) A family tree book.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Veta Simmons' reaction when she sees the portrait of Elwood Dowd and Harvey on the mantle?

3. What does Dr. William Chumley ask Wilson to do?

4. According to Judge Gaffney, what are some of Elwood Dowd's strong points?

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

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