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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 Veta Simmons tell Elwood Dowd to do?
(a) Help in the kitchen.
(b) Get out of her house.
(c) Quit playing games.
(d) Wait in the parlor.

2. What is Elwood Dowd's outlook when Wilson brings him to Dr. Lyman Sanderson?
(a) Outraged and angry.
(b) Sad but compliant.
(c) Cheerful and polite.
(d) Wryly amused.

3. Which character was selected to be the associate doctor at the sanitarium?
(a) Miss Johnson.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(d) Dr. William B. Chumley.

4. What does Elwood Dowd get from behind a book on the bookcase?
(a) An atlas of Europe.
(b) A pair of reading glasses.
(c) A bottle of arsenic.
(d) A bottle of liquor.

5. What is the name of the main character's invisible friend?
(a) Garvey.
(b) Gary.
(c) Larry.
(d) Harvey.

Short Answer Questions

1. While talking to Veta Simmons, what does Dr. Lyman Sanderson do?

2. What does Myrtle Mae Simmons wonder aloud about her uncle, Eldwood Dowd?

3. With whom does Elwood Dowd discuss the details of the book he picked from the bookshelf?

4. What seems to be the main obstacle for Veta Simmons' full acceptance by the town's society folk?

5. How does Elwood Dowd describe Harvey to Dr. William Chumley's wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Elwood Dowd.

3. How do Ruth Kelly and Dr. Lyman Sanderson interact throughout this scene? What does this reveal about their relationship.

4. Veta Simmons explains to Dr. Lyman Sanderson that Elwood Dowd has some quirks, including drinking. What does this imply about Elwood Dowd?

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

6. Why do you think Elwood Dowd invites Mrs. Greenawalt, a telemarketer, to his sister's party?

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

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

9. Why do you suppose Elwood Dowd insists on introducing Harvey to everyone?

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

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