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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What position has Tom been promoted to at the railway in Chapter 8: “A Man who was Ove and a Pair of His Father’s Old Footprints”?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Foreman.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Conductor.

4. When was the Eiffel Tower built?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1792.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1829.

5. At the end of what decade was the house next to Ove's bought by a bank manager, according to the narrator in Chapter 34: “A Man Called Ove and a Boy in the House Next Door"?
(a) The 1970s.
(b) The 1960s.
(c) The 1980s.
(d) The 1990s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ove marry his wife?

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”?

3. 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"?

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”?

5. For how long does the narrator say Ove and Rune had known one another in Chapter 9: “A Man Called Ove Bleeds a Radiator”?

(see the answer key)

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