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

2. How do the employees of the sanitarium regard Dr. William Chumley?
(a) They think he only cares about money.
(b) They are very respectful of him.
(c) They think he's going broke.
(d) They think he's over the hill and needs to retire.

3. What happens whenever Elwood Dowd tries to introduce Harvey to the sanitarium staff?
(a) He is interrupted each time.
(b) He is asked to leave.
(c) He is ignored.
(d) He is laughed at.

4. How does Elwood Dowd describe Harvey to Dr. William Chumley's wife?
(a) He's very tall.
(b) All responses are correct.
(c) He's very choosy about who he likes.
(d) He's a Pooka.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Elwood Dowd tell Dr. William Chumley's wife that he's looking for?

3. What form does Harvey take?

4. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson posit as the reason why Veta Simmons came to Chumley's Rest?

5. Where does this scene take place?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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