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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. After how many days in the hospital did Sonja finally open her eyes in Chapter 23: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Bus that Never Got There”?
(a) 15.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

2. Who is riding in the front passenger seat of Ove's car when he leaves the hospital in Chapter 24: “A Man Called Ove and a Brat who Paints in Color”?
(a) Adrian.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Mirsad.
(d) Patrick.

3. What does the cafe owner offer to Ove for fixing his heater in Chapter 29: “A Man Called Ove and a Bender”?
(a) Wine.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Whiskey.

4. About how old is Lena described as when she appears in Chapter 20: “A Man Called Ove and an Intruder”?
(a) 45.
(b) 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 60.

5. 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 teaching her to paint.
(d) With fixing her roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Anita's son?

2. What did Ove and Rune have their first friendly conversation about, according to the narrator in Chapter 20: “A Man Called Ove and an Intruder”?

3. How old was Jimmy when Ove and Rune ran off his mother's abusive boyfriend, according to the narrator in Chapter 34: “A Man Called Ove and a Boy in the House Next Door"?

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

5. What does Ove discover has happened to the sign forbidding vehicular traffic in the residential area in Chapter 22: “A Man Called Ove and Someone in a Garage”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What preparations does Ove make for his suicide in Chapter 32: “A Man Called Ove Isn’t Running a Damned Hotel”?

2. What characters are introduced at the cafe in Chapter 29: “A Man Called Ove and a Bender”? How are they described?

3. How did Sonja become paralyzed?

4. Who accompanies Ove on his inspection tour in Chapter 33: “A Man Called Ove and an Inspection Tour That Is Not the Usual”? Why?

5. What did Ove do during Sonja's siestas in Spain?

6. How does Ove respond when he learns how long Anita has been fighting the authorities in Chapter 33: “A Man Called Ove and an Inspection Tour That Is Not the Usual”? Why?

7. Why does Ove go in search of corrogated iron in Chapter 25: “A Man Called Ove and a Piece of Corrugated Iron”?

8. Why do Ove and Parvaneh go to the cafe in Chapter 29: “A Man Called Ove and a Bender”?

9. What does the man in the white shirt discover when he returns for his car in Chapter 34: “A Man Called Ove and a Boy in the House Next Door”? What has happened to the car?

10. How did Rune's purchase of a BMW change Ove's opinion of him?

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