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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lena want to interview Ove in Chapter 20: “A Man Called Ove and an Intruder”?
(a) Because of his wife's death.
(b) Because he saved a man at the train station.
(c) Because of his actions at the hospital.
(d) Because he is suspected of murder.

2. What does Ove demand from Anita when he goes to her house in Chapter 33: “A Man Called Ove and an Inspection Tour That Is Not the Usual”?
(a) Papers from the authorities.
(b) Rune's medical diagnosis.
(c) His money.
(d) Corrugated iron.

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

4. What kind of car did Rune buy after owning a Volvo?
(a) A Hyundai.
(b) A Toyota.
(c) A BMW.
(d) A Rolls Royce.

5. About how old is Lena described as when she appears in Chapter 20: “A Man Called Ove and an Intruder”?
(a) 30.
(b) 35.
(c) 60.
(d) 45.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ove call the man who ran the hotel where Ove stayed with his wife in Chapter 21: “A Man Who Was Ove and Countries Where They Play Foreign Music in Restaurants”?

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. In the opening of Chapter 9: “A Man Called Ove Bleeds a Radiator” the narrator states, "They say the brain functions quicker while it's" what?

4. 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"?

5. When was the Eiffel Tower built?

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