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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. Where is the hiding place that Ove keeps his rifle?
(a) Atop the refrigerator.
(b) Behind the sofa.
(c) Under his bed.
(d) Behind the radiator.

2. What catches Ove's eye when he steps into the hallway in the end of Chapter 32: “A Man Called Ove Isn’t Running a Damned Hotel”?
(a) The ceiling hook.
(b) The rope.
(c) A picture of Sonja.
(d) The rubber tube.

3. What food did Sonja eat obsessively during her pregnancy?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Apples.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Oranges.

4. What kind of car did Rune buy when Ove bought a Saab 9000 in the 1980s?
(a) A BMW 250.
(b) A Saab 8000.
(c) A Volvo 760.
(d) A BMW 50.

5. To whom does Ove go visit to ask for corrugated iron in Chapter 25: “A Man Called Ove and a Piece of Corrugated Iron”?
(a) Rune.
(b) Adrian.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Mirsad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jimmy say is coming to get Rune in Chapter 33: “A Man Called Ove and an Inspection Tour That Is Not the Usual”?

2. What does Ove demand from Anita when he goes to her house in Chapter 33: “A Man Called Ove and an Inspection Tour That Is Not the Usual”?

3. What did Ove note the bus driver smelling of as he loaded his wife's bags in Chapter 23: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Bus that Never Got There”?

4. Where does Adrian run when Ove opens the door holding a rifle in Chapter 32: “A Man Called Ove Isn’t Running a Damned Hotel”?

5. What did Ove call the man who ran the hotel where Ove stayed with his wife in Chapter 21: “A Man Who Was Ove and Countries Where They Play Foreign Music in Restaurants”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What metaphor is used to describe the process of falling in love in Chapter 36: “A Man Called Ove and a Whisky”?

2. Why does Lena come to interview Ove? How does he respond to her questions?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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