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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 - 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ove's overweight neighbor that attempts to help warm the cat in Chapter 17: “A Man Called Ove and a Cat Annoyance in a Snowdrift”?
(a) Patrick.
(b) Anders.
(c) Adrian.
(d) Jimmy.

2. At what time does Ove awaken every day?
(a) 6:45 a.m.
(b) 5:30 a.m.
(c) 5:45 a.m.
(d) 6:15 a.m.

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

4. Who wrote The Old Man and the Sea?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) James Joyce.

5. What did Ove admit to lying to his future wife about on their first date?
(a) He admitted he lied about being in the military.
(b) He admitted he lied about being single.
(c) He admitted he lied about being an orphan.
(d) He admitted he lied about being wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the cat that Ove's wife kept at her father's house?

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

3. What kind of car did Rune buy after owning a Volvo?

4. 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?

5. How old is Jimmy said to be in Chapter 6: “A Man Called Ove and a Bicycle that Should Have Been Left where Bicycles are Left”?

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