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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. What are the seven words that Ove utters to her that "Parvaneh will always remember as the loveliest compliment he'll ever give her" in Chapter 27: “A Man Called Ove and a Driving Lesson”?
(a) "You deserve more than your husband's life."
(b) "You're almost as crazy as you look."
(c) "Because you are not a complete twit."
(d) "I think you are something else, lady."

2. Who won the "Great Tree Conflict," according to the narrator in Chapter 28: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Man Who Was Rune”?
(a) Anita.
(b) Rune.
(c) Ove.
(d) Sonja.

3. Why does Lena want to interview Ove in Chapter 20: “A Man Called Ove and an Intruder”?
(a) Because he is suspected of murder.
(b) Because of his wife's death.
(c) Because he saved a man at the train station.
(d) Because of his actions at the hospital.

4. Why does Parvaneh say Nasanin always draws Ove in color in Chapter 24: “A Man Called Ove and a Brat who Paints in Color”?
(a) Because he reminds her of a rainbow.
(b) Because he is kind.
(c) Because he Is the crankiest person she knows.
(d) Because he Is the funniest thing she knows.

5. What does Jimmy say he does for a living in Chapter 24: “A Man Called Ove and a Brat who Paints in Color”?
(a) He cleans office buildings.
(b) He is a tax collector.
(c) He programs iPhone apps.
(d) He services train cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color eyes is the Blond Weed said to have in Chapter 25: “A Man Called Ove and a Piece of Corrugated Iron”?

2. When did Sonja say was the only time that Ove had admitted he was wrong, according to the narrator in Chapter 36: “A Man Called Ove and a Whisky”?

3. 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”?

4. 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”?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ove feel about automobiles and different brands of automobiles?

2. How does Ove respond to the honking SUV in Chapter 27: “A Man Called Ove and a Driving Lesson”?

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

4. What did Ove discover in the envelope that Lena had sent to him in Chapter 37: “A Man Called Ove and a Lot of Bastards Sticking Their Noses In”?

5. Why have Adrian and Mirsad come to Ove's house in Chapter 32: “A Man Called Ove Isn’t Running a Damned Hotel”?

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

7. 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?

8. How is Nasanin's drawing described in Chapter 24: “A Man Called Ove and a Brat who Paints in Color”?

9. What causes Ove to decide not to kill himself in Chapter 24: “A Man Called Ove and a Brat who Paints in Color”?

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

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