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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 32 - 34.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does Lena work?
(a) At the local newspaper.
(b) At the local police station.
(c) At a candy store.
(d) At a shoe store.
2. What does Ove write on his "Funeral Arrangements" before attempting suicide in Chapter 32: “A Man Called Ove Isn’t Running a Damned Hotel”?
(a) "Please read the attached eulogy."
(b) "Bury me in the backyard."
(c) "Bury me in my suit."
(d) "Bury me in a pine box."
3. What is Jimmy wearing when he encounters Ove in the beginning of Chapter 33: “A Man Called Ove and an Inspection Tour That Is Not the Usual”?
(a) A postal uniform.
(b) A wool coat.
(c) A green tracksuit.
(d) A military uniform.
4. What had Tom been caught doing when Ove was 18 in Chapter 8: “A Man who was Ove and a Pair of His Father’s Old Footprints”?
(a) Causing the train to wreck by sabotaging the tracks.
(b) Stealing from the cash box in a carriage.
(c) Attacking a train customer while on duty.
(d) Attempted murder.
5. After how many days in the hospital did Sonja finally open her eyes in Chapter 23: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Bus that Never Got There”?
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) 15.
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. How old was Jimmy when Ove and Rune ran off his mother's abusive boyfriend, according to the narrator in Chapter 34: “A Man Called Ove and a Boy in the House Next Door"?
3. Why does Lena want to interview Ove in Chapter 20: “A Man Called Ove and an Intruder”?
4. What position has Tom been promoted to at the railway in Chapter 8: “A Man who was Ove and a Pair of His Father’s Old Footprints”?
5. What does the narrator say that Sonja fought for in Chapter 23: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Bus that Never Got There”?
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