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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 respond to Wilson's questions?
(a) Elwood Dowd does not respond.
(b) Very abruptly.
(c) Politely and calmly.
(d) Evasively.

2. What does Ruth Kelly tell Dr. Lyman Sanderson?
(a) She is sorry he's leaving.
(b) She never really liked him.
(c) She feels they have too much time alone together.
(d) She is in love with someone else.

3. Where has Wilson been searching for Elwood Dowd?
(a) Under the stairwell.
(b) Local sporting events.
(c) Area bars.
(d) The corridors of Chumley's Rest.

4. How did Harvey receive his name, according to Elwood Dowd?
(a) The name was drawn at random from a hat.
(b) Harvey was given his name by a higher power.
(c) Harvey let Elwood Dowd pick the name.
(d) Harvey told Elwood Dowd what his name was.

5. Who enters the scene after Elwood Dowd, Dr. Lyman Sanderson, and the nurse exit?
(a) Veta Simmons.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Dr. William Chumley.
(d) Judge Gaffney.

Short Answer Questions

1. In this scene, Dr. William Chumley and Judge Gaffney visit whom upstairs in the Dowd mansion?

2. How does Wilson react toward Elwood Dowd when he sees him?

3. What does Veta Simmons tell Dr. William Chumley about her brother, Elwood Dowd?

4. Who calls in to speak with Veta Simmons?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Veta Simmons speech about the importance of art significant, if at all?

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

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

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

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

8. While Veta Simmons and Dr. William Chumley are arguing, what happens?

9. What tactic does Dr. William Chumley use to get Elwood Dowd to return home again? Is it successful?

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

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