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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Tom been caught doing when Ove was 18 in Chapter 8: “A Man who was Ove and a Pair of His Father’s Old Footprints”?
(a) Stealing from the cash box in a carriage.
(b) Attacking a train customer while on duty.
(c) Causing the train to wreck by sabotaging the tracks.
(d) Attempted murder.

2. What is Ove planning to install in his ceiling in Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection”?
(a) A new lamp.
(b) A chandelier.
(c) A hanging vase.
(d) A hook.

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?
(a) "Music."
(b) "Books."
(c) "Numbers."
(d) "Trains."

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

5. 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”?
(a) Over 6,000 kroner.
(b) Over 8,000 kroner.
(c) Approximately 1,000 kroner.
(d) Over 9,000 kroner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What brand of truck did Ove's wife's father drive?

3. How has Ove planned to kill himself in Chapter 15: “A Man Called Ove and a Delayed Train”?

4. What does Parvaneh ask Ove to fix at her house in the end of Chapter 13: “A Man Called Ove and a Clown Called Beppo”?

5. 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"?

(see the answer key)

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