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Eventide Quiz

Kent Haruf

This Study Guide consists of approximately 46 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Eventide.

Eventide by Kent Haruf

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+Chapters Summary and Analysis

Chapters 1 – 9

Chapters 10 – 18

Chapters 19 – 27

Chapters 28 – 36

Chapters 36 – 46

Symbols and Symbolism

Themes and Motifs

Styles

Quotes

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Eventide Quiz

Kent Haruf

This Study Guide consists of approximately 46 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Eventide.

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why does Raymond feel humiliated after he encounters Linda at the bar? (from Chapters 28 – 36)

Linda will not dance with him.

Raymond finds out that Linda has been married to Hoyt.

Linda rejects the possibility of a romance with him.

Linda tells Raymond that he is a weak man.

2.

By ending the novel with Raymond and Rose, what is Hauf suggesting to readers? (from Chapters 36 – 46)

Nothing is what it seems.

Loss is a natural part of life.

Life is uncertain.

Rose and Raymond are meant to be together.

3.

Why are Luther and Betty reluctant to let Hoyt live with them? (from Chapters 10 – 18)

Hoyt lived with Luther and Betty before with disastrous consequences.

Hoyt is a drunk, and Luther and Betty do not trust him.

Hoyt disowned his family many years ago.

Hoyt is a hoarder.

4.

Why do Harold and Raymond miss Victoria so much while she is at college? (from Chapters 1 – 9)

They cannot visit Victoria often because of the distance.

Victoria was a live-in maid for them, and they cannot get along without her.

They are family and care about one another so deeply.

They no longer have the job of looking out for Victoria.

5.

Why does Mary take to smoking cigarettes? (from Chapters 19 – 27)

Out of heartbreak and bitterness.

Out of her desire to feel independent.

Out of her desire to lose weight.

Out of boredom and anger.

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