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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 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”?
2. At the end of what decade was the house next to Ove's bought by a bank manager, according to the narrator in Chapter 34: “A Man Called Ove and a Boy in the House Next Door"?
3. Who tells the man in the white shirt that they have all of his bank statements from the past seven years in Chapter 35: “A Man Called Ove and Social Incompetence”?
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”?
5. Why does Lena want to interview Ove in Chapter 20: “A Man Called Ove and an Intruder”?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who accompanies Ove on his inspection tour in Chapter 33: “A Man Called Ove and an Inspection Tour That Is Not the Usual”? Why?
2. How is Nasanin's drawing described in Chapter 24: “A Man Called Ove and a Brat who Paints in Color”?
3. What preparations does Ove make for his suicide in Chapter 32: “A Man Called Ove Isn’t Running a Damned Hotel”?
4. 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?
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. How did Sonja become paralyzed?
7. Why does Ove go in search of corrogated iron in Chapter 25: “A Man Called Ove and a Piece of Corrugated Iron”?
8. How does Ove respond to the honking SUV in Chapter 27: “A Man Called Ove and a Driving Lesson”?
9. How did Sonja handle her disability after the accident? How did Ove handle it?
10. What is revealed of Jimmy's history in Chapter 34: “A Man Called Ove and a Boy in the House Next Door”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the character of Jimmy in A Man Called Ove. What is the story of Jimmy's history in the neighborhood? How did Sonja care for Jimmy after his mother's death? What role does Jimmy play in the main plot?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss examples of irony in A Man Called Ove. What are examples of dramatic irony in the story? What are examples of verbal irony employed by the author? What situational irony can be seen?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Ove's relationship with his wife Sonja. When and where did Ove and Sonja meet? What differences are pointed out between these characters? Would you describe their relationship as a happy one? Why or why not?
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