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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. How does Elwood Dowd deal with his invisible friend?
(a) Continually whines about wanting more wishes.
(b) Graciously allows him to do all the talking.
(c) Very politely, gesturing for him to enter the room first.
(d) Acts very nervous and hopes he'll go away.

2. Who else besides Elwood Dowd can see his invisible friend?
(a) Just Elwood Dowd's immediate family.
(b) Whomever the invisible friend wishes to see it.
(c) Anyone Elwood Dowd introduces his friend to.
(d) No-one else.

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) "Hey, put me down!"
(c) "How are you, Mr. Wilson?"
(d) "You're standing on my foot."

4. What does Elwood Dowd tell Ethel Chauvenet when she reacts to his casual conversation with his invisible friend?
(a) That all their lives are in danger if Harvey is not appeased.
(b) She better be good or Harvey will get her.
(c) Not to be alarmed.
(d) That Harvey favors her and will bless her home.

5. In whom is Ruth Kelly interested?
(a) Dr. Henry Jeckyll.
(b) Dr. William Chumley.
(c) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(d) Dr. Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what room does Elwood Dowd wait when the ladies excuse themselves?

3. What form does Harvey take?

4. What is Elwood Dowd's outlook when Wilson brings him to Dr. Lyman Sanderson?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Is the relationship between the nurse and Dr. Lyman Sanderson purely professional?

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

10. Describe Elwood Dowd.

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