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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) "Night and day."
(b) "Thunder and rain."
(c) "Two peas in a pod."
(d) "Fire and ice."

2. 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) 1,250 kroner and 59 ore.
(b) 225 kroner and 52 ore.
(c) 116 kroner and 29 ore.
(d) 134 kroner and 54 ore.

3. What does Ove call the parking attendant at the hospital in Chapter 13: “A Man Called Ove and a Clown Called Beppo”?
(a) A hero.
(b) An utter imbecile.
(c) A clown.
(d) A fake policeman.

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

5. What is the children's book about that Ove attempts to read to Parveneh's children in Chapter 13: “A Man Called Ove and a Clown Called Beppo”?
(a) A train.
(b) A car.
(c) A boat.
(d) A house.

6. What job did the director offer to Ove in Chapter 8: “A Man who was Ove and a Pair of His Father’s Old Footprints”?
(a) A job as cash collector at the train station.
(b) A job as a train conductor on the morning train.
(c) A job as a ticket taker.
(d) A job as a night cleaner on the long-distance train.

7. 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) "Sleep."
(b) "Death."
(c) "Money."
(d) "Lunch."

8. How much money was in the wallet that Ove found when he was cleaning a broken railway car in Chapter 5: “A Man Called Ove”?
(a) Over 6,000 kroner.
(b) Over 9,000 kroner.
(c) Approximately 1,000 kroner.
(d) Over 8,000 kroner.

9. How many children is Tom said to have in Chapter 5: “A Man Called Ove”?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

10. 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 his wife's grave.
(b) To visit the cafe.
(c) To take the car to the shop.
(d) To visit the synogogue.

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

12. What does Ove spread over his floor in the beginning of Chapter 7: “A Man Called Ove Drills a Hole for a Hook”?
(a) A sheet of plastic.
(b) An Oriental rug.
(c) Lacquer.
(d) A stack of newspapers.

13. What kind of car did Rune buy after owning a Volvo?
(a) A Rolls Royce.
(b) A Toyota.
(c) A BMW.
(d) A Hyundai.

14. Who wrote The Old Man and the Sea?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

15. What brand of truck did Ove's wife's father drive?
(a) A Scania.
(b) A Volvo.
(c) A Skoda.
(d) A Saab.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. What is the name of Rune's wife?

3. For how long does the narrator say Ove and Rune had known one another in Chapter 9: “A Man Called Ove Bleeds a Radiator”?

4. 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”?

5. At what time in the morning does the narrator say that "Ove and the cat met for the first time" in Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection”?

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