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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) Parvaneh.
(c) Mary.
(d) Sonja.

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

3. How old is Jimmy said to be in Chapter 6: “A Man Called Ove and a Bicycle that Should Have Been Left where Bicycles are Left”?
(a) 16.
(b) 25.
(c) 32.
(d) 19.

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

5. What is the name of the younger child who brings Ove food in Chapter 3: “A Man Called Ove Reverses With A Trailer”?
(a) Anita.
(b) Sonja.
(c) Nasanin.
(d) Parvaneh.

6. What do Ove's neighbors bring to him in Chapter 7: “A Man Called Ove Drills a Hole for a Hook”?
(a) A cake.
(b) A box of cookies.
(c) A plate of rice.
(d) A box of takeout.

7. What is the name of Rune's wife?
(a) Parvaneh.
(b) Alice.
(c) Anita.
(d) Sonja.

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

9. 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) 3 and 7.
(d) 5 and 9.

10. 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.

11. 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) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

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 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) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.

14. Of Ove's wife, the narrator says in Chapter 5: “A Man Called Ove,” "The only thing he had ever loved until he saw her was" what?
(a) "Numbers."
(b) "Books."
(c) "Trains."
(d) "Music."

15. What is Ove intending to do with the hook in Chapter 7: “A Man Called Ove Drills a Hole for a Hook”?
(a) He intends to hang a sign from the hook.
(b) He intends to hang himself from the hook.
(c) He intends to hang a plant from the hook.
(d) He intends to hang a chandelier from the hook.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what narrative tense is Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection” related?

2. What position has Tom been promoted to at the railway in Chapter 8: “A Man who was Ove and a Pair of His Father’s Old Footprints”?

3. How is the first car that Ove bougtht for himself described in Chapter 10: “A Man who was Ove and a House that Ove Built”?

4. The narrator says in Chapter 12: “A Man who was Ove and One Day He Had Enough” that "Ove was a man entirely filled with" what?

5. Where does the narrator say Ove left his envelope with its instructions before leaving his house for the train station in Chapter 15: “A Man Called Ove and a Delayed Train”?

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