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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24 - 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Parvaneh ask Ove to help her with in Chapter 24: “A Man Called Ove and a Brat who Paints in Color”?
(a) With teaching her to read.
(b) With fixing her roof.
(c) With teaching her to paint.
(d) With teaching her to drive.

2. What was the name of the cat that Ove's wife kept at her father's house?
(a) Harry.
(b) Jack.
(c) Ernest.
(d) Mittens.

3. What does Jimmy say he does for a living in Chapter 24: “A Man Called Ove and a Brat who Paints in Color”?
(a) He cleans office buildings.
(b) He is a tax collector.
(c) He services train cars.
(d) He programs iPhone apps.

4. What is the Blond Weed doing when Ove encounters her in Chapter 6: “A Man Called Ove and a Bicycle that Should Have Been Left where Bicycles are Left”?
(a) Spraying water on her lawn.
(b) Throwing rocks at the cat.
(c) Kicking the dog.
(d) Raking her lawn.

5. Where does the narrator say Ove slept in the nights after his house burned in Chapter 12: “A Man who was Ove and One Day He Had Enough”?
(a) His parents' house.
(b) His neighbor's house.
(c) In his car.
(d) A hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. 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?

3. What does the teenage postman say he is saving money for in Chapter 26: “A Man Called Ove and a Society where No-one Can Repair a Bicycle Any More”?

4. 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”?

5. What kind of car does Parvaneh almost hit when she begins her driving lesson in Chapter 27: “A Man Called Ove and a Driving Lesson”?

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