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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does the nurse, Ruth Kelly, give to Dr. Lyman Sanderson for wanting the two of them to join Elwood Dowd for drinks later that night?
(a) Elwood Dowd promised to pay.
(b) Elwood Dowd could teach them how to drink flaming shots.
(c) Elwood Dowd was pitiful and sad and needed company.
(d) Elwood Dowd is such a gentleman.

2. Betty Chumley and Wilson are left alone at the end of this scene. What do they talk about?
(a) When the office would be remodeled.
(b) What a Pooka is.
(c) How polite Elwood Dowd is.
(d) What a tremendous mistake it was to admit Veta Simmons.

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

4. What does Wilson read at the end of this scene?
(a) A psychiatrics manual.
(b) A sales pamphlet.
(c) A Bible.
(d) An encyclopedia.

5. Where does this scene take place?
(a) A field just outside of town.
(b) The local supermarket.
(c) The sanitarium, Chumley's Rest.
(d) The Dowd mansion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What observation does Myrtle Mae Simmons make about her mother in relation to her uncle, Elwood Dowd?

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

3. Who does Dr. Lyman Sanderson believe needs immediate treatment?

4. How old is Elwood Dowd, approximately?

5. Veta Simmons informs Dr. William Chumley that she knows where Elwood Dowd is. Where is he?

(see the answer key)

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