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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 28 - 31.

Multiple Choice 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”?
(a) Throwing rocks at the cat.
(b) Kicking the dog.
(c) Spraying water on her lawn.
(d) Raking her lawn.

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 Nintendo.
(b) A laptop.
(c) A Kindle.
(d) An IPad.

3. Who taught Ove to fish?
(a) Ove's father.
(b) Sonja's father.
(c) Ove's uncle.
(d) Sonja's brother.

4. To whom does Ove go visit to ask for corrugated iron in Chapter 25: “A Man Called Ove and a Piece of Corrugated Iron”?
(a) Adrian.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Mirsad.
(d) Rune.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing that Ove tells Parvaneh to do during her driving lesson in Chapter 27: “A Man Called Ove and a Driving Lesson”?

2. What did Ove note the bus driver smelling of as he loaded his wife's bags in Chapter 23: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Bus that Never Got There”?

3. What month was it when Ove's mother died?

4. 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"?

5. What kind of car does Ove drive?

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