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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color eyes did Ove's wife have?
(a) Gray.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

2. What does Ove say is "the only thing that people care about nowadays" before storming out of the store in Chapter 1: “A Man Called Ove Buys A Computer That Is Not A Computer”?
(a) "Sleep."
(b) "Money."
(c) "Death."
(d) "Lunch."

3. For how long does the narrator say Ove and Rune had known one another in Chapter 9: “A Man Called Ove Bleeds a Radiator”?
(a) Almost 30 years.
(b) Almost 20 years.
(c) Almost 40 years.
(d) Almost ten years.

4. How old was Ove when his father died?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) Nine.

5. The narrator states in the opening of Chapter 12: “A Man who was Ove and One Day He Had Enough,” "People always said Ove and Ove's wife were like" what?
(a) "Night and day."
(b) "Fire and ice."
(c) "Thunder and rain."
(d) "Two peas in a pod."

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the week was Ove told that he was being forced into retirement?

2. What job did the director offer to Ove in Chapter 8: “A Man who was Ove and a Pair of His Father’s Old Footprints”?

3. What do Ove's neighbors bring to him in Chapter 7: “A Man Called Ove Drills a Hole for a Hook”?

4. What is Ove planning to install in his ceiling in Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection”?

5. 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”?

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