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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. How much money is left on Ove's wife's prepaid credit card in Chapter 15: “A Man Called Ove and a Delayed Train”?
(a) 116 kroner and 29 ore.
(b) 1,250 kroner and 59 ore.
(c) 134 kroner and 54 ore.
(d) 225 kroner and 52 ore.

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

3. What does Ove refer to Anders's girlfriend as?
(a) The Shrub.
(b) The Lanky One.
(c) The Blond Weed.
(d) The Pregnant One.

4. What did Ove admit to lying to his future wife about on their first date?
(a) He admitted he lied about being in the military.
(b) He admitted he lied about being single.
(c) He admitted he lied about being an orphan.
(d) He admitted he lied about being wealthy.

5. At what time does Ove awaken every day?
(a) 5:45 a.m.
(b) 5:30 a.m.
(c) 6:45 a.m.
(d) 6:15 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ove planning to install in his ceiling in Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection”?

2. 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"?

3. Where does Ove take the cat with him on an errand in Chapter 19: “A Man Called Ove and a Cat That Was Broken When He Came”?

4. What month was it when Ove's mother died?

5. What does Parvaneh say her name means in Chapter 17: “A Man Called Ove and a Cat Annoyance in a Snowdrift”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prevents Ove from achieving his objective at the train station in Chapter 15: “A Man Called Ove and a Delayed Train”?

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

3. What foreshadowing is seen 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 Ove end up barred from the hospital lobby in Chapter 13: “A Man Called Ove and a Clown Called Beppo”?

6. 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”?

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

8. What led to Ove working at the rail yard? For how long did he work there?

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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