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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Blond Weed doing when Ove encounters her in Chapter 6: “A Man Called Ove and a Bicycle that Should Have Been Left where Bicycles are Left”?

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

3. Where does the narrator say Ove slept in the nights after his house burned in Chapter 12: “A Man who was Ove and One Day He Had Enough”?

4. At what time does Ove awaken every day?

5. At what time in the morning does the narrator say that "Ove and the cat met for the first time" in Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ove become frustrated about the rope in Chapter 9: “A Man Called Ove Bleeds a Radiator”?

2. How are Ove and his wife compared with one another in Chapter 5: “A Man Called Ove”?

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

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

5. 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”?

6. Why does Ove become frustrated and angry in Chapter 1: “A Man Called Ove Buys A Computer That Is Not A Computer”?

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

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

9. What did Sonja reveal to Ove in the end of Chapter 18: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Cat Called Ernest”? How did Ove respond?

10. How is Ove's relationship with his father described in the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism surrounding the Cat Annoyance in A Man Called Ove. When and where does Ove first encounter the cat? What kind of relationship does Ove form with the cat? Why do you think that Ove keeps the cat around?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of houses and the construction of houses in A Man Called Ove. Where in the story does this motif reappear? What is its symbolic significance? How are houses compared to love?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the plot structure of A Man Called Ove. Where in the narrative does the exposition transition into rising action? What event sets off the rising action? Where is the climax? What is revealed in the falling action and denouement?

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