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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Anders said to be in Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection”?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 60.
(d) 50.

2. What does Ove demand from Anita when he goes to her house in Chapter 33: “A Man Called Ove and an Inspection Tour That Is Not the Usual”?
(a) Corrugated iron.
(b) Papers from the authorities.
(c) Rune's medical diagnosis.
(d) His money.

3. When was the last time Anita had seen Ove so angry, according to the narrator in Chapter 33: “A Man Called Ove and an Inspection Tour That Is Not the Usual”?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1989.

4. In Chapter 32: “A Man Called Ove Isn’t Running a Damned Hotel” the narrator says, "Sonja said once that to understand men like Ove and Rune, one had to understand from the very beginning that they were men caught in" what?
(a) "The wrong country."
(b) "Their own minds."
(c) "Faulty marriages."
(d) "The wrong time."

5. Where is the hiding place that Ove keeps his rifle?
(a) Behind the radiator.
(b) Under his bed.
(c) Atop the refrigerator.
(d) Behind the sofa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Parvaneh say her occupation is in Chapter 24: “A Man Called Ove and a Brat who Paints in Color”?

2. What does Jimmy say he does for a living in Chapter 24: “A Man Called Ove and a Brat who Paints in Color”?

3. What does Ove discover has happened to the sign forbidding vehicular traffic in the residential area in Chapter 22: “A Man Called Ove and Someone in a Garage”?

4. The narrator says in Chapter 34: “A Man Called Ove and a Boy in the House Next Door" that "if there was one single thing Ove and Rune agreed on, irrespective of how much they were feuding at the time, it was that whoever currently populated the neighbor’s house tended to be" what?

5. 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?

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