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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Simile.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Metaphor.

2. What is the Blond Weed's dog's name?
(a) Mittens.
(b) Prince.
(c) Buffy.
(d) Jack.

3. What did Ove use to repair the work truck during a downpour, according to the narrator in Chapter 8: “A Man who was Ove and a Pair of His Father’s Old Footprints”?
(a) A muslin cloth and a pair of scissors.
(b) Duct tape and electrical tape.
(c) A hammer and a ratchet.
(d) A screwdriver and half a roll of gauze tape.

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) Iran.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Syria.
(d) Singapore.

5. Who helps Ove with the cat in Chapter 17: “A Man Called Ove and a Cat Annoyance in a Snowdrift”?
(a) Rune.
(b) Parvaneh.
(c) Anders.
(d) Anita.

6. How much money is left on Ove's wife's prepaid credit card in Chapter 15: “A Man Called Ove and a Delayed Train”?
(a) 134 kroner and 54 ore.
(b) 116 kroner and 29 ore.
(c) 225 kroner and 52 ore.
(d) 1,250 kroner and 59 ore.

7. What does Ove do to the clown in Chapter 13: “A Man Called Ove and a Clown Called Beppo”?
(a) He trips him.
(b) He hits him.
(c) He asks him to dinner.
(d) He pays him.

8. What did Tom steal from Ove while he was in the showers in Chapter 12: “A Man who was Ove and One Day He Had Enough”?
(a) Ove's father's watch.
(b) Ove's shoes.
(c) Ove's overcoat.
(d) Ove's mother's locket.

9. Why does Ove fail at committing suicide in Chapter 9: “A Man Called Ove Bleeds a Radiator”?
(a) Because the rope breaks.
(b) Because the hook breaks.
(c) Because he did not take enough pills.
(d) Because the gun is not loaded.

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

11. What was the name of the cat that Ove's wife kept at her father's house?
(a) Harry.
(b) Mittens.
(c) Ernest.
(d) Jack.

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

13. On what day of the week was Ove told that he was being forced into retirement?
(a) Monday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Friday.

14. What component is Ove upset that the device he wants to buy does not have in Chapter 1: “A Man Called Ove Buys A Computer That Is Not A Computer”?
(a) A keyboard.
(b) A joystick.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A screen.

15. Where does Ove take the cat with him on an errand in Chapter 19: “A Man Called Ove and a Cat That Was Broken When He Came”?
(a) To visit the cafe.
(b) To visit the synogogue.
(c) To visit his wife's grave.
(d) To take the car to the shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Ove when his father died?

2. How has Ove planned to kill himself in Chapter 15: “A Man Called Ove and a Delayed Train”?

3. What was Ove's future wife studying to become when she met Ove?

4. How many children is Tom said to have in Chapter 5: “A Man Called Ove”?

5. How old was Ove when his mother died?

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