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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what narrative tense is Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection” related?
(a) Present tense.
(b) Future tense.
(c) Both present and future tenses.
(d) Past tense and present tense.

2. What is Ove planning to install in his ceiling in Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection”?
(a) A chandelier.
(b) A hook.
(c) A new lamp.
(d) A hanging vase.

3. How much money is left on Ove's wife's prepaid credit card in Chapter 15: “A Man Called Ove and a Delayed Train”?
(a) 134 kroner and 54 ore.
(b) 225 kroner and 52 ore.
(c) 1,250 kroner and 59 ore.
(d) 116 kroner and 29 ore.

4. Why was Ove unable to serve in the military?
(a) He has flat feet.
(b) He has a history of psychological problems.
(c) He has a congenital heart condition.
(d) He is not a legal citizen.

5. 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”?
(a) 5:55 a.m.
(b) 6:30 a.m.
(c) 8:23 a.m.
(d) 7:15 a.m.

6. Where did Ove's mother work before she died?
(a) A brickmaking plant.
(b) A textile factory.
(c) A chemical plant.
(d) A butcher shop.

7. How old is Anders said to be in Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection”?
(a) 30.
(b) 50.
(c) 40.
(d) 60.

8. 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) A plate of cookies.
(b) An apple pie.
(c) A set of car keys.
(d) A Bible.

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

10. What brand of truck did Ove's wife's father drive?
(a) A Volvo.
(b) A Saab.
(c) A Scania.
(d) A Skoda.

11. What did the note say with the used tools that was left for Ove at his construction job in Chapter 10: “A Man who was Ove and a House that Ove Built”?
(a) "Good luck."
(b) "To a friend."
(c) "To the puppy."
(d) "To the champion."

12. 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 the mat inside his door.
(b) On his bedside table.
(c) On his living room sofa.
(d) On his kitchen table.

13. 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) "Books."
(b) "Numbers."
(c) "Music."
(d) "Trains."

14. 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 bag of food.
(d) A toolbox with tools.

15. Who wrote The Old Man and the Sea?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ove spread over his floor in the beginning of Chapter 7: “A Man Called Ove Drills a Hole for a Hook”?

2. The narrator says in Chapter 12: “A Man who was Ove and One Day He Had Enough” that "Ove was a man entirely filled with" what?

3. What was Ove's future wife studying to become when she met Ove?

4. When was the Eiffel Tower built?

5. What color are the shoes that was Ove's wife was wearing when he first saw her described in Chapter 8: “A Man who was Ove and a Pair of His Father’s Old Footprints”?

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