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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ove take the cat with him on an errand in Chapter 19: “A Man Called Ove and a Cat That Was Broken When He Came”?
(a) To visit his wife's grave.
(b) To visit the cafe.
(c) To take the car to the shop.
(d) To visit the synogogue.

2. Of Ove's wife, the narrator says in Chapter 5: “A Man Called Ove,” "The only thing he had ever loved until he saw her was" what?
(a) "Music."
(b) "Numbers."
(c) "Books."
(d) "Trains."

3. What is the name of Rune's wife?
(a) Parvaneh.
(b) Alice.
(c) Anita.
(d) Sonja.

4. Who is Ove's overweight neighbor that attempts to help warm the cat in Chapter 17: “A Man Called Ove and a Cat Annoyance in a Snowdrift”?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Adrian.
(c) Patrick.
(d) Anders.

5. What does the narrator say Ove had brought along with him in the beginning of Chapter 34: “A Man Called Ove and a Boy in the House Next Door”?
(a) A basket of bread.
(b) A saucer of milk.
(c) A blue plastic deck chair.
(d) A basket of flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Rune have when the Residents' Association was established?

2. With whom does Lena say she is going skating on the lake in Chapter 37: “A Man Called Ove and a Lot of Bastards Sticking Their Noses In”?

3. How much money was in the wallet that Ove found when he was cleaning a broken railway car in Chapter 5: “A Man Called Ove”?

4. What did Ove call the man who ran the hotel where Ove stayed with his wife in Chapter 21: “A Man Who Was Ove and Countries Where They Play Foreign Music in Restaurants”?

5. What does Ove order at the cafe in Chapter 29: “A Man Called Ove and a Bender”?

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