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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator say Ove slept in the nights after his house burned in Chapter 12: “A Man who was Ove and One Day He Had Enough”?
(a) A hotel.
(b) His neighbor's house.
(c) His parents' house.
(d) In his car.

2. 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) Iraq.
(c) Singapore.
(d) Iran.

3. 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?
(a) "Tangible things."
(b) "Daydreams."
(c) "Past regrets."
(d) "Abstract thoughts."

4. 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 chandelier.
(b) A hook.
(c) A new lamp.
(d) A hanging vase.

5. Who taught Ove to fish?
(a) Ove's uncle.
(b) Sonja's brother.
(c) Sonja's father.
(d) Ove's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Old Man and the Sea?

2. 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”?

3. What time was it when Ove first saw the woman who would become his wife, according to the narrator in Chapter 14: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Woman On A Train”?

4. What brand of truck did Ove's wife's father drive?

5. 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”?

Short Essay Questions

1. From what narrative perspective is A Man Called Ove related?

2. How is Sonja's father described in Chapter 16: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Truck in the Forest”?

3. What incident during Ove's childhood led to the animosity between him and Tom?

4. What ultimately led to Ove being forced to sell his parents' homestead in Chapter 10: “A Man who was Ove and a House that Ove Built”?

5. Why does Ove become frustrated and angry in Chapter 1: “A Man Called Ove Buys A Computer That Is Not A Computer”?

6. What did Sonja reveal to Ove in the end of Chapter 18: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Cat Called Ernest”? How did Ove respond?

7. Why was Ove rejected for military duty? How did this rejection impact him?

8. What are the things about Ove's wife that bother him, according to the narrative in Chapter 4: “A Man Called Ove Does Not Pay A Three-Crown Surcharge”?

9. At what time does Ove inspect his neighborhood each day? Why?

10. Why does Ove become frustrated about the rope in Chapter 9: “A Man Called Ove Bleeds a Radiator”?

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