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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 35 - 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Ove planned to kill himself in Chapter 15: “A Man Called Ove and a Delayed Train”?
(a) By inhaling fumes from his car exhaust.
(b) By hanging himself at home.
(c) By jumping in front of a train.
(d) By shooting himself.

2. What kind of device does Ove want to buy at the computer store in Chapter 1: “A Man Called Ove Buys A Computer That Is Not A Computer”?
(a) A Kindle.
(b) A Nintendo.
(c) A laptop.
(d) An IPad.

3. In Chapter 32: “A Man Called Ove Isn’t Running a Damned Hotel” the narrator says, "Sonja said once that to understand men like Ove and Rune, one had to understand from the very beginning that they were men caught in" what?
(a) "The wrong country."
(b) "The wrong time."
(c) "Faulty marriages."
(d) "Their own minds."

4. What are the seven words that Ove utters to her that "Parvaneh will always remember as the loveliest compliment he'll ever give her" in Chapter 27: “A Man Called Ove and a Driving Lesson”?
(a) "You deserve more than your husband's life."
(b) "Because you are not a complete twit."
(c) "I think you are something else, lady."
(d) "You're almost as crazy as you look."

5. What did Ove's elderly neighbor leave for him on his front porch after Ove painted his fence in Chapter 10: “A Man who was Ove and a House that Ove Built”?
(a) An apple pie.
(b) A plate of cookies.
(c) A set of car keys.
(d) A Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money is left on Ove's wife's prepaid credit card in Chapter 15: “A Man Called Ove and a Delayed Train”?

2. What is the children's book about that Ove attempts to read to Parveneh's children in Chapter 13: “A Man Called Ove and a Clown Called Beppo”?

3. 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”?

4. Who wrote The Old Man and the Sea?

5. Who taught Ove to fish?

(see the answer key)

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