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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 32 - 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in Chapter 34: “A Man Called Ove and a Boy in the House Next Door" that "if there was one single thing Ove and Rune agreed on, irrespective of how much they were feuding at the time, it was that whoever currently populated the neighbor’s house tended to be" what?
(a) "Naive fools."
(b) "Psychotic basketcases."
(c) "Cursed."
(d) "Utter imbeciles."

2. What were all the houses in the Spanish village made from in Chapter 21: “A Man Who Was Ove and Countries Where They Play Foreign Music in Restaurants”?
(a) Wood.
(b) Stone.
(c) Brick.
(d) Adobe.

3. At what time does Ove awaken every day?
(a) 6:15 a.m.
(b) 5:45 a.m.
(c) 6:45 a.m.
(d) 5:30 a.m.

4. How is the first car that Ove bougtht for himself described in Chapter 10: “A Man who was Ove and a House that Ove Built”?
(a) A red Saab 95.
(b) A blue Volvo 200.
(c) A green Saab 97.
(d) A blue Saab 93.

5. Who attended Ove's wedding?
(a) Sonja's brother and sister-in-law.
(b) Sonja's parents.
(c) Rune and Anita.
(d) Ove's parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what crime were Ove's obnoxious and partying neighbors arrested, according to the narrator in Chapter 34: “A Man Called Ove and a Boy in the House Next Door"?

2. What does the narrator say that Sonja fought for in Chapter 23: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Bus that Never Got There”?

3. When was the Eiffel Tower built?

4. In Chapter 32: “A Man Called Ove Isn’t Running a Damned Hotel” the narrator says, "Sonja said once that to understand men like Ove and Rune, one had to understand from the very beginning that they were men caught in" what?

5. What had Tom been caught doing when Ove was 18 in Chapter 8: “A Man who was Ove and a Pair of His Father’s Old Footprints”?

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