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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 does Ove do to the clown in Chapter 13: “A Man Called Ove and a Clown Called Beppo”?
(a) He pays him.
(b) He hits him.
(c) He asks him to dinner.
(d) He trips him.

2. What did the workers at the construction site give to Ove when he left his job in Chapter 12: “A Man who was Ove and One Day He Had Enough”?
(a) 5,000 kroner.
(b) A suit and coat.
(c) A toolbox with tools.
(d) A bag of food.

3. What did Ove respond when his future wife asked what he wanted to do with his life on their first date?
(a) To conduct trains.
(b) To build boats.
(c) To build houses.
(d) To paint portraits.

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

5. What kind of car does Ove drive?
(a) Skoda.
(b) Volvo.
(c) Saab.
(d) BMW.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Blond Weed doing when Ove encounters her in Chapter 6: “A Man Called Ove and a Bicycle that Should Have Been Left where Bicycles are Left”?

2. In what narrative tense is Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection” related?

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 time was it when Ove first saw the woman who would become his wife, according to the narrator in Chapter 14: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Woman On A Train”?

5. What kind of car does Anders drive?

(see the answer key)

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