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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. In this scene, Dr. William Chumley and Judge Gaffney visit whom upstairs in the Dowd mansion?
(a) Mrs. Greenawalt.
(b) Myrtle Mae Simmons.
(c) Elwood Dowd.
(d) Veta Simmons.

2. Throughout this scene, who remains adamant that Elwood Dowd be locked up in the sanitarium?
(a) Veta Simmons.
(b) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Myrtle Mae Simmons.

3. What does Veta Simmons try to get Elwood Dowd to do?
(a) Turn himself in at the police station.
(b) Go ahead and commit her to the sanitarium.
(c) Come back to the mansion looking for Harvey.
(d) To run as far away as he can.

4. Myrtle Mae Simmons insists that the judge do what?
(a) Set her up with Ethel Chauvenet's grandson.
(b) Talk some sense to Dr. William Chumley.
(c) Call an area-wide search for Elwood Dowd.
(d) Find Elwood Dowd and lock him up.

5. What does Elwood Dowd find in Myrtle Mae Simmons' package?
(a) A family tree book.
(b) A wooden plaque engraved to Harvey.
(c) A small bundle of books about Pookas.
(d) A portrait of Elwood Dowd and Harvey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Veta Simmons was extremely upset by the doctors' questions at Chumley's Rest because they all related to _______________.

3. How did Harvey receive his name, according to Elwood Dowd?

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

5. Where does Veta Simmons tell Elwood Dowd that Harvey is located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think Elwood Dowd meant when he confesses "I wrestled with reality for forty years and I am happy to state that I finally won out over it"?

2. What is Elwood Dowd's reaction to the parcel brought out by Myrtle Mae Simmons?

3. Why do you think Wilson is agitated when he finally locates Elwood Dowd back at Chumley's Rest?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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