View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 38 - Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Music, art, and poetry.
(b) Her mother, her father, and her sister.
(c) Dancing, singing, and movies.
(d) Books, her father, and cats.

2. 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."

3. Who attended Ove's wedding?
(a) Sonja's brother and sister-in-law.
(b) Ove's parents.
(c) Sonja's parents.
(d) Rune and Anita.

4. The narrator says that Sonja used to say "Loving someone is like" what, in Chapter 36: “A Man Called Ove and a Whisky”?
(a) "Trying to count raindrops."
(b) "Moving into a house."
(c) "Having a child."
(d) "Falling into the ocean."

5. What food did Sonja eat obsessively during her pregnancy?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Apples.
(d) Potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are BMW cars produced?

2. Why does Lena want to interview Ove in Chapter 20: “A Man Called Ove and an Intruder”?

3. How old is Ove described as in Chapter 1: “A Man Called Ove Buys A Computer That Is Not A Computer”?

4. What color are the shoes that was Ove's wife was wearing when he first saw her described in Chapter 8: “A Man who was Ove and a Pair of His Father’s Old Footprints”?

5. Who describes Ove as "a really angry avenging robot from the future" in Chapter 35: “A Man Called Ove and Social Incompetence”?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 279 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample