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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. Where does this scene take place?
(a) The Dowd library.
(b) A field near town.
(c) The police station.
(d) The sanitarium.

2. What does Myrtle Mae Simmons bring into the room as proof her uncle is not well?
(a) A large flat parcel.
(b) A collection of rabbit-themed dinner plates.
(c) A sculpture of Plato.
(d) A diary written by Elwood Dowd to Harvey.

3. What does Dr. William Chumley believe?
(a) All responses are correct.
(b) He is being followed.
(c) He is beginning to understand Elwood Dowd.
(d) He is able to see Harvey

4. As the scene opens, who is talking on the phone?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Dr. William Chumley.
(c) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(d) Ruth Kelly.

5. Where was Harvey when Elwood Dowd first met him?
(a) By a river.
(b) In the Dowd mansion.
(c) Leaning against a white lamp post.
(d) At Chumley's Rest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Elwood Dowd say he and Harvey have adventures every night?

2. What does Elwood Dowd do immediately upon arriving home?

3. According to Veta Simmons, what keeps people going and separates them from "the beasts"?

4. What does Dr. William Chumley ask Wilson to do?

5. Where has Wilson been searching for Elwood Dowd?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dr. Lyman Sanderson try to psychoanalyze Elwood Dowd's relationship with Harvey?

2. Which other characters do you think are starting to believe in Harvey by the end of this scene? Why do they do this?

3. Why is Myrtle Mae Simmons surprised when Judge Gaffney arrives at the Dowd home?

4. According to Elwood Dowd, how did Harvey get his name?

5. How does Dr. William Chumley get escorted out of Charlie's Place, according to Elwood Dowd?

6. When Elwood Dowd mentions to Ruth Kelly that he has things he needs to do, what is he referring to?

7. In his phone conversation home in this scene, what does Elwood Dowd want to know?

8. Why does Elwood Dowd enter the sanitarium with flowers for Ruth Kelly?

9. Who enters the sanitarium toward the end of this scene? What is this person's emotional state?

10. What are some of the reasons Veta Simmons is visibly shaken up and disheveled-looking when she first appears in this scene?

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