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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Lanky One say his wife is from in Chapter 7: “A Man Called Ove Drills a Hole for a Hook”?
(a) Singapore.
(b) Iran.
(c) Syria.
(d) Iraq.

2. What does Ove say is "the only thing that people care about nowadays" before storming out of the store in Chapter 1: “A Man Called Ove Buys A Computer That Is Not A Computer”?
(a) "Lunch."
(b) "Money."
(c) "Death."
(d) "Sleep."

3. How old is Anders said to be in Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection”?
(a) 50.
(b) 40.
(c) 60.
(d) 30.

4. What does Ove refer to Anders's girlfriend as?
(a) The Pregnant One.
(b) The Shrub.
(c) The Lanky One.
(d) The Blond Weed.

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) In his car.
(b) His parents' house.
(c) His neighbor's house.
(d) A hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the week was Ove told that he was being forced into retirement?

2. 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”?

3. Where did Ove's mother work before she died?

4. What is the children's book about that Ove attempts to read to Parveneh's children in Chapter 13: “A Man Called Ove and a Clown Called Beppo”?

5. How long ago was the funeral for Ove's wife, according to the narrator in Chapter 6: “A Man Called Ove and a Bicycle that Should Have Been Left where Bicycles are Left”?

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