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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. Who does Dr. William Chumley call to verify the name of the patient to be admitted to the sanitarium?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Myrtle Mae Simmons.
(c) Judge Gaffney.
(d) Mrs. Greenawalt.
2. What is Veta Simmons' reaction whenever Elwood Dowd's invisible friend's name is mentioned?
(a) She giggles and goes back to her business.
(b) She sighs and flops down in a chair.
(c) She refers to her invisible friend by name.
(d) She becomes angry.
3. What does Veta Simmons confess to Dr. Lyman Sanderson about Harvey?
(a) That Harvey is a rediculous fantasy of Elwood Dowd's.
(b) That Harvey keeps her awake sometimes by whistling.
(c) That Harvey has been killing sheep in the area.
(d) That even she has seen him occasionally.
4. What does Betty Chumley tell the sanitarium staff about Harvey?
(a) His jacket and hat size.
(b) His name and preferences for making friends.
(c) His name, height, and favorite foods.
(d) His name and that he's a Pooka.
5. How is Elwood Dowd dressed when we first see him?
(a) In a business suit.
(b) In a hat and raincoat.
(c) In a military officer's dress uniform.
(d) In a floral shirt and cargo shorts.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson believe about Veta Simmons?
2. While talking to Veta Simmons, what does Dr. Lyman Sanderson do?
3. How do the employees of the sanitarium regard Dr. William Chumley?
4. What does Myrtle Mae Simmons wonder aloud about her uncle, Eldwood Dowd?
5. With whom does Elwood Dowd discuss the details of the book he picked from the bookshelf?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Elwood Dowd.
2. What do we learn about Elwood Dowd in this first scene of the play?
3. What does Ruth Kelly fear about "accidentally" committing Elwood Dowd earlier that day instead of his "crazy" sister?
4. Why do you think Elwood Dowd invites Mrs. Greenawalt, a telemarketer, to his sister's party?
5. Why does Veta Simmons ask her daughter to be especially nice to Ethel Chauvenet?
6. Describe the nurse, Ruth Kelly.
7. How does Myrtle Mae Simmons feel about her uncle?
8. What does Elwood Dowd keep trying to do over and over again, only to be interrupted?
9. Do you think that Ethel Chauvenet could see Harvey, given that he likes her very much?
10. Why is Veta Simmons trying to get accepted by the town's society folk?
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