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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wilson read at the end of this scene?
(a) A sales pamphlet.
(b) A Bible.
(c) An encyclopedia.
(d) A psychiatrics manual.

2. What does Veta Simmons confess to Dr. Lyman Sanderson about Harvey?
(a) That Harvey has been killing sheep in the area.
(b) That Harvey keeps her awake sometimes by whistling.
(c) That Harvey is a rediculous fantasy of Elwood Dowd's.
(d) That even she has seen him occasionally.

3. What words appear at the bottom of the page that Wilson is reading when the scene ends?
(a) "You'll never find me."
(b) "You're standing on my foot."
(c) "How are you, Mr. Wilson?"
(d) "Hey, put me down!"

4. How old is Elwood Dowd, approximately?
(a) Fifty-three.
(b) Thirty-two.
(c) Forty-seven.
(d) Twenty-five.

5. In what room does Elwood Dowd wait when the ladies excuse themselves?
(a) The parlor.
(b) The foyer.
(c) The living room.
(d) The dining room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the main character's niece?

2. How do the employees of the sanitarium regard Dr. William Chumley?

3. What is Myrtle Mae Simmons' attitude toward Elwood Dowd?

4. What is the name of the orderly in Chumley's rest?

5. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson ask about Veta Simmons?

Short Essay Questions

1. Given Veta Simmons' reactions to Elwood Dowd and her daughter, do you think she truly disbelieves her brother regarding Harvey?

2. Do you think that Ethel Chauvenet could see Harvey, given that he likes her very much?

3. What do we learn about Elwood Dowd in this first scene of the play?

4. According to Veta Simmons, to whom did her mother leave everything, including the mansion?

5. How does Myrtle Mae Simmons feel about her uncle?

6. Why is Veta Simmons trying to get accepted by the town's society folk?

7. Describe Elwood Dowd.

8. Why is Dr. Lyman Sanderson mortified when he learns that Elwood Dowd has been sent upstairs at the sanitarium?

9. What does Veta Simmons tell Dr. Lyman Sanderson that makes him think she's the crazy one?

10. How does Elwood Dowd treat everyone on the sanitarium's staff?

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