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

2. Before Ove's wife met him, the narrator says in Chapter 16: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Truck in the Forest” that she only loved three things unconditionally. What were they?
(a) Dancing, singing, and movies.
(b) Books, her father, and cats.
(c) Her mother, her father, and her sister.
(d) Music, art, and poetry.

3. How cold is it when Ove walks to the train station in Chapter 15: “A Man Called Ove and a Delayed Train”?
(a) 30 degrees.
(b) 5 degrees.
(c) 20 degrees.
(d) 10 degrees.

4. On what day of the week was Ove told that he was being forced into retirement?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

5. What does Parvaneh ask Ove to fix at her house in the end of Chapter 13: “A Man Called Ove and a Clown Called Beppo”?
(a) The air conditioner.
(b) The radiator.
(c) The porch.
(d) The roof.

Short Answer 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”?

2. What does Ove do to the clown in Chapter 13: “A Man Called Ove and a Clown Called Beppo”?

3. What is the Blond Weed's dog's name?

4. What is the name of the younger child who brings Ove food in Chapter 3: “A Man Called Ove Reverses With A Trailer”?

5. 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”?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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”?

2. 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”?

3. Why do Parvaneh and Patrick visit Ove in Chapter 7: “A Man Called Ove Drills a Hole for a Hook”?

4. What causes the conflict between Ove and the Blond Weed in Chapter 6: “A Man Called Ove and a Bicycle that Should Have Been Left where Bicycles are Left”?

5. Why does Parvaneh ask Ove for additional help around her house in Chapter 13: “A Man Called Ove and a Clown Called Beppo”?

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

7. What foreshadowing is seen in Chapter 7: “A Man Called Ove Drills a Hole for a Hook”?

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

9. What did Ove admit to Sonja on their first dinner date in Chapter 14: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Woman On A Train"? How did Sonja respond?

10. Why does Ove cancel his newspaper and telephone subscriptions in Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection”?

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