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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 describes Ove as "a really angry avenging robot from the future" in Chapter 35: “A Man Called Ove and Social Incompetence”?
(a) Parvaneh.
(b) Adrian.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Patrick.

2. What does the teenage postman say he is saving money for in Chapter 26: “A Man Called Ove and a Society where No-one Can Repair a Bicycle Any More”?
(a) A house.
(b) A car.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) An engagement ring.

3. Who appears to interview the man in the white shirt for the newspaper in Chapter 35: “A Man Called Ove and Social Incompetence”?
(a) Maria.
(b) Lena.
(c) Adrian.
(d) Sarah.

4. 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”?
(a) The late 1970s.
(b) The early 1980s.
(c) The late 1960s.
(d) The early 1970s.

5. Where did Ove marry his wife?
(a) Town Hall.
(b) A synogogue.
(c) A Catholic church.
(d) Ove's parents' house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the hotel manager begin calling Ove after he fixed the old woman's car in Chapter 21: “A Man Who Was Ove and Countries Where They Play Foreign Music in Restaurants”?

2. What position did Rune have when the Residents' Association was established?

3. Where does Lena work?

4. Where does Anita's son live?

5. With whom does Lena say she is going skating on the lake in Chapter 37: “A Man Called Ove and a Lot of Bastards Sticking Their Noses In”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sonja become paralyzed?

2. How did Sonja handle her disability after the accident? How did Ove handle it?

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

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. What has prevented Ove from committing suicide in Chapter 31: “A Man Called Ove Reverses with a Trailer. Again.”?

6. What is revealed of Jimmy's history in Chapter 34: “A Man Called Ove and a Boy in the House Next Door”?

7. How is the relationship between Rune, Anita, and their son described in Chapter 28: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Man Who Was Rune”?

8. What does the young mailman say to Ove about Sonja in Chapter 26: “A Man Called Ove and a Society where No-one Can Repair a Bicycle Any More”?

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

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

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