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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 did Ove's mother work before she died?
(a) A butcher shop.
(b) A textile factory.
(c) A brickmaking plant.
(d) A chemical plant.

2. What kind of car does Anders drive?
(a) Audi.
(b) BMW.
(c) Saab.
(d) Toyota.

3. What was Ove's future wife studying to become when she met Ove?
(a) A secretary.
(b) A painter.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A banker.

4. What does Ove refer to Anders's girlfriend as?
(a) The Pregnant One.
(b) The Blond Weed.
(c) The Lanky One.
(d) The Shrub.

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”?
(a) Conductor.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Foreman.
(d) Carpenter.

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. What time was it when Ove first saw the woman who would become his wife, according to the narrator in Chapter 14: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Woman On A Train”?

3. 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”?

4. Before Ove's wife met him, the narrator says in Chapter 16: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Truck in the Forest” that she only loved three things unconditionally. What were they?

5. 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”?

(see the answer key)

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