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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 does Elwood Dowd get from behind a book on the bookcase?
(a) A bottle of liquor.
(b) An atlas of Europe.
(c) A bottle of arsenic.
(d) A pair of reading glasses.

2. Upon learning where Elwood Dowd is, what does Dr. William Chumley do?
(a) He invites Veta Simmons to help him get Elwood Dowd.
(b) He shrugs and gives up.
(c) He goes to get Elwood Dowd on his own.
(d) He sends Wilson to fetch Elwood Dowd.

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

4. Who does Elwood Dowd tell Dr. William Chumley's wife that he's looking for?
(a) Harvey.
(b) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Mrs. Greenawalt.

5. With whom does Elwood Dowd discuss the details of the book he picked from the bookshelf?
(a) Myrtle Mae Simmons.
(b) Ethel Chauvenet.
(c) Harvey.
(d) Veta Simmons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wilson read at the end of this scene?

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

3. What detail about Elwood Dowd does Veta Simmons originally reveal to Dr. Lyman Sanderson?

4. What is Elwood Dowd's initial reaction upon seeing the parcel Myrtle Mae Simmons left?

5. What is the name of the orderly in Chumley's rest?

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