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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of device does Ove want to buy at the computer store in Chapter 1: “A Man Called Ove Buys A Computer That Is Not A Computer”?
(a) A laptop.
(b) A Kindle.
(c) An IPad.
(d) A Nintendo.

3. The narrator states in the opening of Chapter 12: “A Man who was Ove and One Day He Had Enough,” "People always said Ove and Ove's wife were like" what?
(a) "Two peas in a pod."
(b) "Fire and ice."
(c) "Night and day."
(d) "Thunder and rain."

4. 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”?
(a) A blue Saab 93.
(b) A blue Volvo 200.
(c) A red Saab 95.
(d) A green Saab 97.

5. Where did Ove's father work all his life?
(a) The bank.
(b) The textile company.
(c) The rail company.
(d) The library.

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

3. Of Ove's wife, the narrator says in Chapter 5: “A Man Called Ove,” "The only thing he had ever loved until he saw her was" what?

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

5. 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”?

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