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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position did Rune have when the Residents' Association was established?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Vice Chairman.
(c) Chairman.
(d) Secretary.

2. What does Parvaneh ask Ove to help her with in Chapter 24: “A Man Called Ove and a Brat who Paints in Color”?
(a) With teaching her to read.
(b) With teaching her to drive.
(c) With fixing her roof.
(d) With teaching her to paint.

3. What has Jimmy repeatedly tried to get everyone to call Ove in Chapter 35: “A Man Called Ove and Social Incompetence”?
(a) "Super-Ove."
(b) "Master Ove."
(c) "Darth Ove."
(d) "007-Ove."

4. Where does Anita's son live?
(a) Syria.
(b) England.
(c) America.
(d) France.

5. What is the name of the cafe owner in Chapter 29: “A Man Called Ove and a Bender”?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Mirsad.
(c) Amel.
(d) Adrian.

6. What kind of beverage does Parvaneh bring when she has her driving lesson in Chapter 27: “A Man Called Ove and a Driving Lesson”?
(a) A cup of milk.
(b) A glass of wine.
(c) Carbonated juice.
(d) A Coca Cola.

7. Where does Lena work?
(a) At the local police station.
(b) At a shoe store.
(c) At a candy store.
(d) At the local newspaper.

8. Who does Jimmy say is coming to get Rune in Chapter 33: “A Man Called Ove and an Inspection Tour That Is Not the Usual”?
(a) Anita.
(b) Anita's daughter.
(c) Rune's son.
(d) Social Services.

9. What did Ove note the bus driver smelling of as he loaded his wife's bags in Chapter 23: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Bus that Never Got There”?
(a) Cologne.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Wine.

10. From whom is the letter that Ove opens and reads in Chapter 37: “A Man Called Ove and a Lot of Bastards Sticking Their Noses In”?
(a) Sonja's great-grandmother.
(b) Ove's father.
(c) His goddaughter.
(d) The man he saved on the train tracks.

11. At the end of what decade was the house next to Ove's bought by a bank manager, according to the narrator in Chapter 34: “A Man Called Ove and a Boy in the House Next Door"?
(a) The 1970s.
(b) The 1980s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1990s.

12. What did Ove call the man who ran the hotel where Ove stayed with his wife in Chapter 21: “A Man Who Was Ove and Countries Where They Play Foreign Music in Restaurants”?
(a) Mirsad.
(b) Jacques.
(c) Schosse.
(d) Adrian.

13. What does Ove demand from Anita when he goes to her house in Chapter 33: “A Man Called Ove and an Inspection Tour That Is Not the Usual”?
(a) Corrugated iron.
(b) Rune's medical diagnosis.
(c) His money.
(d) Papers from the authorities.

14. What position did Ove have when the Residents' Association was established?
(a) Secretary.
(b) Chairman.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Vice Chairman.

15. What does the narrator say Ove had brought along with him in the beginning of Chapter 34: “A Man Called Ove and a Boy in the House Next Door”?
(a) A basket of bread.
(b) A blue plastic deck chair.
(c) A basket of flowers.
(d) A saucer of milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ove order at the cafe in Chapter 29: “A Man Called Ove and a Bender”?

2. Who tells the man in the white shirt that they have all of his bank statements from the past seven years in Chapter 35: “A Man Called Ove and Social Incompetence”?

3. The narrator says in Chapter 34: “A Man Called Ove and a Boy in the House Next Door" that "if there was one single thing Ove and Rune agreed on, irrespective of how much they were feuding at the time, it was that whoever currently populated the neighbor’s house tended to be" what?

4. What is the name of Mirsad's father?

5. Where did Ove marry his wife?

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