A Man Called Ove Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Fredrik Backman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 150 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Man Called Ove Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Fredrik Backman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 150 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 32 - 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ove note the bus driver smelling of as he loaded his wife's bags in Chapter 23: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Bus that Never Got There”?
(a) Wine.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Cologne.
(d) Cigarettes.

2. 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?
(a) "The wrong country."
(b) "Faulty marriages."
(c) "The wrong time."
(d) "Their own minds."

3. What position did Rune have when the Residents' Association was established?
(a) Chairman.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Vice Chairman.

4. Where does Lena work?
(a) At a candy store.
(b) At the local newspaper.
(c) At the local police station.
(d) At a shoe store.

5. What does Ove discover has happened to the sign forbidding vehicular traffic in the residential area in Chapter 22: “A Man Called Ove and Someone in a Garage”?
(a) It has been painted over.
(b) It has bullet holes in it.
(c) It has been taken away.
(d) It has been run over.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Jimmy when Ove and Rune ran off his mother's abusive boyfriend, according to the narrator in Chapter 34: “A Man Called Ove and a Boy in the House Next Door"?

2. What does Ove write on his "Funeral Arrangements" before attempting suicide in Chapter 32: “A Man Called Ove Isn’t Running a Damned Hotel”?

3. 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”?

4. What did the note say with the used tools that was left for Ove at his construction job in Chapter 10: “A Man who was Ove and a House that Ove Built”?

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

(see the answer key)

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