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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 psychiatrics manual.
(b) A sales pamphlet.
(c) A Bible.
(d) An encyclopedia.

2. What form does Harvey take?
(a) Giant cat.
(b) Giant guinea pig.
(c) Giant rabbit.
(d) Giant hamster.

3. According to Elwood Dowd, what exactly IS his invisible friend?
(a) A Pooka.
(b) A great enigma.
(c) A pixie.
(d) A wood spirit.

4. What is Myrtle Mae Simmons' attitude toward Elwood Dowd?
(a) She is fearful for his life.
(b) She loves him very deeply because he is eccentric.
(c) She finds him rude and obnoxious.
(d) She is embarrassed by him.

5. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson posit as the reason why Veta Simmons came to Chumley's Rest?
(a) Because with Elwood Dowd committed, she would inherit the mansion.
(b) To admit Elwood Dowd to the sanitarium.
(c) To discredit her brother, Elwood Dowd, before he could have her committed.
(d) To provide the staff of Chumley's Rest with some polite chat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall is Harvey, according to Elwood Dowd?

2. How is Elwood Dowd dressed when we first see him?

3. What are Myrtle Mae Simmons and her mother primarily trying to achieve?

4. According to the sanitarium staff, who entered the sanitarium with Elwood Dowd?

5. What one word best sums up the type of humor in this scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the nurse, Ruth Kelly.

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

3. When Veta Simmons asks Elwood Dowd to wait for her in the parlor, what do you think she wants to talk to him about?

4. Why does Veta Simmons ask her daughter to be especially nice to Ethel Chauvenet?

5. Describe Elwood Dowd.

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

7. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson believe is Veta Simmons' motivation for coming to the sanitarium and telling him about Elwood Dowd and Harvey?

8. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson think is best for Veta Simmons?

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

10. What does Elwood Dowd keep trying to do over and over again, only to be interrupted?

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