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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is Ove intending to do with the hook in Chapter 7: “A Man Called Ove Drills a Hole for a Hook”?
(a) He intends to hang a sign from the hook.
(b) He intends to hang a chandelier from the hook.
(c) He intends to hang himself from the hook.
(d) He intends to hang a plant from the hook.

3. 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"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

4. What color clasp is described in Ove's wife's hair when he first saw her in Chapter 12: “A Man who was Ove and One Day He Had Enough”?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

5. What do Ove's neighbors bring to him in Chapter 7: “A Man Called Ove Drills a Hole for a Hook”?
(a) A box of cookies.
(b) A plate of rice.
(c) A cake.
(d) A box of takeout.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money was in the wallet that Ove found when he was cleaning a broken railway car in Chapter 5: “A Man Called Ove”?

2. Where does the Lanky One say his wife is from in Chapter 7: “A Man Called Ove Drills a Hole for a Hook”?

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?

4. What was Ove's future wife studying to become when she met Ove?

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

(see the answer key)

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