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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 32 - 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Ove go visit to ask for corrugated iron in Chapter 25: “A Man Called Ove and a Piece of Corrugated Iron”?
(a) Mirsad.
(b) Rune.
(c) Adrian.
(d) Jimmy.

2. Where does the narrator say Ove left his envelope with its instructions before leaving his house for the train station in Chapter 15: “A Man Called Ove and a Delayed Train”?
(a) On his kitchen table.
(b) On the mat inside his door.
(c) On his bedside table.
(d) On his living room sofa.

3. Before Ove's wife met him, the narrator says in Chapter 16: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Truck in the Forest” that she only loved three things unconditionally. What were they?
(a) Music, art, and poetry.
(b) Her mother, her father, and her sister.
(c) Books, her father, and cats.
(d) Dancing, singing, and movies.

4. Where does Adrian run when Ove opens the door holding a rifle in Chapter 32: “A Man Called Ove Isn’t Running a Damned Hotel”?
(a) To Parvaneh's house.
(b) To Jimmy's house.
(c) To the train station.
(d) To the toolshed.

5. What did Ove admit to lying to his future wife about on their first date?
(a) He admitted he lied about being single.
(b) He admitted he lied about being wealthy.
(c) He admitted he lied about being an orphan.
(d) He admitted he lied about being in the military.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ove's mother work before she died?

2. What literary device is employed in this sentence from Chapter 1: “A Man Called Ove Buys A Computer That Is Not A Computer”: "He's the kind of man who points at people he doesn't like the look of, as if they were burglars and his forefinger a policeman's flashlight"?

3. At what time in the morning does the narrator say that "Ove and the cat met for the first time" in Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection”?

4. What does Ove give his overweight neighbor to eat in Chapter 17: “A Man Called Ove and a Cat Annoyance in a Snowdrift”?

5. What animal did the neighborhood association fear would be killed if they put out rat poison in Chapter 28: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Man Who Was Rune”?

(see the answer key)

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