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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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”?
(a) One year ago.
(b) Four months ago.
(c) Six months ago.
(d) Two months ago.

2. In what narrative tense is Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection” related?
(a) Past tense and present tense.
(b) Future tense.
(c) Both present and future tenses.
(d) Present tense.

3. On what day of the week did Ove's wife die?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Tuesday.

4. At what time in the morning does the narrator say that "Ove and the cat met for the first time" in Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection”?
(a) 8:23 a.m.
(b) 6:30 a.m.
(c) 7:15 a.m.
(d) 5:55 a.m.

5. How old was Ove when his father died?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) Nine.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. What component is Ove upset that the device he wants to buy does not have in Chapter 1: “A Man Called Ove Buys A Computer That Is Not A Computer”?

3. How old was Ove when his mother died?

4. What kind of car does Ove drive?

5. What literary device is employed in this sentence from Chapter 1: “A Man Called Ove Buys A Computer That Is Not A Computer”: "He's the kind of man who points at people he doesn't like the look of, as if they were burglars and his forefinger a policeman's flashlight"?

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