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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 32 - 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long does the narrator say Rune refused to go back to the local bakery because they gave him the wrong change once in Chapter 28: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Man Who Was Rune”?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Four months.
(d) Two years.

2. What is the name of Rune's wife?
(a) Anita.
(b) Alice.
(c) Parvaneh.
(d) Sonja.

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

4. Where does the Lanky One say his wife is from in Chapter 7: “A Man Called Ove Drills a Hole for a Hook”?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Syria.
(c) Iran.
(d) Singapore.

5. What is the name of the cafe owner in Chapter 29: “A Man Called Ove and a Bender”?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Amel.
(c) Adrian.
(d) Mirsad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ove give his overweight neighbor to eat in Chapter 17: “A Man Called Ove and a Cat Annoyance in a Snowdrift”?

2. The narrator says in Chapter 12: “A Man who was Ove and One Day He Had Enough” that "Ove was a man entirely filled with" what?

3. After how many days in the hospital did Sonja finally open her eyes in Chapter 23: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Bus that Never Got There”?

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

5. Where does the narrator say Ove left his envelope with its instructions before leaving his house for the train station in Chapter 15: “A Man Called Ove and a Delayed Train”?

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