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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the teenage postman say he is saving money for in Chapter 26: “A Man Called Ove and a Society where No-one Can Repair a Bicycle Any More”?
(a) A car.
(b) An engagement ring.
(c) A house.
(d) A bicycle.

2. What does Ove say is "the only thing that people care about nowadays" before storming out of the store in Chapter 1: “A Man Called Ove Buys A Computer That Is Not A Computer”?
(a) "Lunch."
(b) "Money."
(c) "Sleep."
(d) "Death."

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

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) "Faulty marriages."
(b) "The wrong time."
(c) "The wrong country."
(d) "Their own minds."

5. What are the drawings of that cover the walls of Parvaneh's seven-year-old daughter, according to the narrator in Chapter 36: “A Man Called Ove and a Whisky”?
(a) Cats.
(b) Houses.
(c) Horses.
(d) People.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Ove with the cat in Chapter 17: “A Man Called Ove and a Cat Annoyance in a Snowdrift”?

2. Who won the "Snow Clearance Skirmish," according to the narrator in Chapter 28: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Man Who Was Rune”?

3. What kind of car did Rune buy after owning a Volvo?

4. At least how many miles per year must one drive their car in order to save money by opting for a diesel rather than a gas engine, according to Ove in Chapter 36: “A Man Called Ove and a Whisky”?

5. What does Ove accuse the sales assistant of having had when Ove is arguing with him in Chapter 38: “A Man Called Ove and the End of a Story”?

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