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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 38 - Epilogue.

Multiple Choice 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”?
(a) Spraying water on her lawn.
(b) Raking her lawn.
(c) Kicking the dog.
(d) Throwing rocks at the cat.

2. 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.

3. 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) Adrian.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Mirsad.
(d) Rune.

4. What catches Ove's eye when he steps into the hallway in the end of Chapter 32: “A Man Called Ove Isn’t Running a Damned Hotel”?
(a) A picture of Sonja.
(b) The rubber tube.
(c) The rope.
(d) The ceiling hook.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. What does the narrator say that Sonja fought for in Chapter 23: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Bus that Never Got There”?

3. Who does Mirsad marry in “A Man Called Ove and an Epilogue”?

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

5. What did Ove respond when his future wife asked what he wanted to do with his life on their first date?

(see the answer key)

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