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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 a train conductor on the morning train.
(b) A job as a ticket taker.
(c) A job as cash collector at the train station.
(d) A job as a night cleaner on the long-distance train.

2. What is Ove planning to install in his ceiling in Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection”?
(a) A hook.
(b) A hanging vase.
(c) A new lamp.
(d) A chandelier.

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

4. What kind of computer does the salesman suggest Ove purchase in Chapter 1: “A Man Called Ove Buys A Computer That Is Not A Computer”?
(a) A Dell desktop.
(b) A MacBook.
(c) An HP laptop.
(d) A Kindle.

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

6. How old are the children who bring Ove food in Chapter 3: “A Man Called Ove Reverses With A Trailer”?
(a) 4 and 8.
(b) 2 and 6.
(c) 5 and 9.
(d) 3 and 7.

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) An apple pie.
(b) A set of car keys.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A plate of cookies.

8. 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”?
(a) White.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

9. 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 boat.
(b) A train.
(c) A car.
(d) A house.

10. 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.

11. 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) Alliteration.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

12. What color eyes did Ove's wife have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Gray.

13. What month is it when the narrative shifts to Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection”?
(a) March.
(b) June.
(c) November.
(d) December.

14. When was the Eiffel Tower built?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1792.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1829.

15. 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 joystick.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A screen.
(d) A keyboard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the cat that Ove's wife kept at her father's house?

2. 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”?

3. Where does the Lanky One say his wife is from in Chapter 7: “A Man Called Ove Drills a Hole for a Hook”?

4. What does Ove spread over his floor in the beginning of Chapter 7: “A Man Called Ove Drills a Hole for a Hook”?

5. What kind of car does Ove drive?

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