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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Present tense.
(c) Both present and future tenses.
(d) Future tense.

2. What is the Blond Weed's dog's name?
(a) Buffy.
(b) Mittens.
(c) Jack.
(d) Prince.

3. 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) "Death."
(b) "Lunch."
(c) "Sleep."
(d) "Money."

4. How old was Ove when he passed his driving test, according to the narrator in Chapter 10: “A Man who was Ove and a House that Ove Built”?
(a) 20.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 18.

5. What month is it when the narrative shifts to Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection”?
(a) November.
(b) June.
(c) March.
(d) December.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Ove when his father died?

2. What is the name of Rune's wife?

3. How old was Ove when his mother died?

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

5. Where did Ove's father work all his life?

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