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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 Elwood Dowd say he and Harvey have adventures every night?
(a) In bars.
(b) In a mystical land.
(c) The city.
(d) The Dowd mansion's basement.

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

3. To whom is Myrtle Mae Simmons immediately attracted?
(a) Dr. William Chumley.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Judge Gaffney.
(d) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.

4. Where does Elwood Dowd tell Betty Chumley about his location?
(a) That he was at Charlie's Place.
(b) That he was at home.
(c) That he was at Chumley's Rest.
(d) That he was where he was.

5. What does Elwood Dowd tell Dr. Lyman Sanderson about the name Harvey?
(a) His uncle was named Harvey.
(b) He never met anyone named that before.
(c) He likes it because its a gentle-sounding name.
(d) It's easy to spell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to the house, asking about Veta Simmons?

2. Myrtle Mae Simmons insists that the judge do what?

3. What happens as Elwood Dowd talks to his sister on the phone?

4. What does Ruth Kelly tell Dr. Lyman Sanderson?

5. Where does Dr. William Chumley go to hide?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ruth Kelly find out when she calls Charlie's Place to verify Elwood Dowd's story?

3. With whom does Elwood Dowd speak to on the phone when he arrives home and what does he talk about?

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

5. What does Myrtle Mae Simmons offer up as "proof" that Elwood Dowd is a horrible person to live with (at least according to her)?

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

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

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

9. What becomes clear about Elwood Dowd in this scene?

10. In one or two sentences, describe how the evening's events transpired, according to Elwood Dowd.

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