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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was the name of Ove's wife?
(a) Anita.
(b) Sonja.
(c) Mary.
(d) Parvaneh.
2. How long ago was the funeral for Ove's wife, according to the narrator in Chapter 6: “A Man Called Ove and a Bicycle that Should Have Been Left where Bicycles are Left”?
(a) Two months ago.
(b) Six months ago.
(c) Four months ago.
(d) One year ago.
3. Where did Ove's mother work before she died?
(a) A butcher shop.
(b) A brickmaking plant.
(c) A chemical plant.
(d) A textile factory.
4. 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) Alliteration.
(b) Simile.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Metaphor.
5. What color clasp is described in Ove's wife's hair when he first saw her in Chapter 12: “A Man who was Ove and One Day He Had Enough”?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.
6. On what day of the week was Ove told that he was being forced into retirement?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Friday.
7. What did Ove's elderly neighbor leave for him on his front porch after Ove painted his fence in Chapter 10: “A Man who was Ove and a House that Ove Built”?
(a) A set of car keys.
(b) A Bible.
(c) An apple pie.
(d) A plate of cookies.
8. 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 mouse.
(b) A keyboard.
(c) A joystick.
(d) A screen.
9. How old are the children who bring Ove food in Chapter 3: “A Man Called Ove Reverses With A Trailer”?
(a) 3 and 7.
(b) 2 and 6.
(c) 4 and 8.
(d) 5 and 9.
10. How cold is it when Ove walks to the train station in Chapter 15: “A Man Called Ove and a Delayed Train”?
(a) 30 degrees.
(b) 10 degrees.
(c) 20 degrees.
(d) 5 degrees.
11. What did the note say with the used tools that was left for Ove at his construction job in Chapter 10: “A Man who was Ove and a House that Ove Built”?
(a) "To the puppy."
(b) "To a friend."
(c) "Good luck."
(d) "To the champion."
12. What kind of car does Ove encounter driving in his neighborhood in Chapter 15: “A Man Called Ove and a Delayed Train”?
(a) A Skoda.
(b) A BMW.
(c) A Volvo.
(d) A Saab.
13. What is the name of Rune's wife?
(a) Parvaneh.
(b) Alice.
(c) Anita.
(d) Sonja.
14. Why does Ove's neighbor ask for a lift to the hospital in “A Man Called Ove and a Lanky One who can’t Open a Window Without Falling Off a Ladder”?
(a) She has gone into labor.
(b) Jimmy is having an allergic reaction.
(c) Her daughter has cut her hand.
(d) Her husband fell off a ladder.
15. 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) "Money."
(b) "Death."
(c) "Lunch."
(d) "Sleep."
Short Answer Questions
1. How much money is left on Ove's wife's prepaid credit card in Chapter 15: “A Man Called Ove and a Delayed Train”?
2. What did the workers at the construction site give to Ove when he left his job in Chapter 12: “A Man who was Ove and One Day He Had Enough”?
3. Who wrote The Old Man and the Sea?
4. Where did Ove's father work all his life?
5. What does Ove call the parking attendant at the hospital in Chapter 13: “A Man Called Ove and a Clown Called Beppo”?
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