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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How frequently does Ove say one must change one's car in order to avoid losing money in Chapter 36: “A Man Called Ove and a Whisky”?
(a) Every four years.
(b) Every three years.
(c) Every two years.
(d) Every six years.

2. What does Parvaneh ask Ove to help her with in Chapter 24: “A Man Called Ove and a Brat who Paints in Color”?
(a) With fixing her roof.
(b) With teaching her to paint.
(c) With teaching her to read.
(d) With teaching her to drive.

3. The narrator says that Sonja used to say "Loving someone is like" what, in Chapter 36: “A Man Called Ove and a Whisky”?
(a) "Falling into the ocean."
(b) "Moving into a house."
(c) "Trying to count raindrops."
(d) "Having a child."

4. How old was Rune's son when he moved away from home?
(a) 16.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 30.

5. 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”?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Adrian.
(c) Parvaneh.
(d) Anders.

6. In Chapter 32: “A Man Called Ove Isn’t Running a Damned Hotel” the narrator says, "Sonja said once that to understand men like Ove and Rune, one had to understand from the very beginning that they were men caught in" what?
(a) "The wrong time."
(b) "Their own minds."
(c) "Faulty marriages."
(d) "The wrong country."

7. What kind of beverage does Parvaneh bring when she has her driving lesson in Chapter 27: “A Man Called Ove and a Driving Lesson”?
(a) A glass of wine.
(b) Carbonated juice.
(c) A Coca Cola.
(d) A cup of milk.

8. What does the teenage postman say he is saving money for in Chapter 26: “A Man Called Ove and a Society where No-one Can Repair a Bicycle Any More”?
(a) A car.
(b) An engagement ring.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A house.

9. 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.

10. For how long does Jimmy say Anita has been writing letters to appeal her situation in Chapter 33: “A Man Called Ove and an Inspection Tour That Is Not the Usual”?
(a) Three years.
(b) Two years.
(c) One year.
(d) Four years.

11. Who attended Ove's wedding?
(a) Ove's parents.
(b) Sonja's brother and sister-in-law.
(c) Rune and Anita.
(d) Sonja's parents.

12. Who is riding in the front passenger seat of Ove's car when he leaves the hospital in Chapter 24: “A Man Called Ove and a Brat who Paints in Color”?
(a) Mirsad.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Adrian.
(d) Patrick.

13. Who has recently interrupted Ove's suicide attempt in Chapter 31: “A Man Called Ove Reverses with a Trailer. Again”?
(a) Adrian.
(b) Parvaneh.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Mirsad.

14. At the end of what decade was the house next to Ove's bought by a bank manager, according to the narrator in Chapter 34: “A Man Called Ove and a Boy in the House Next Door"?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1990s.
(c) The 1970s.
(d) The 1980s.

15. What does Parvaneh say her occupation is in Chapter 24: “A Man Called Ove and a Brat who Paints in Color”?
(a) She is a real estate agent.
(b) She is a schoolteacher.
(c) She Is a social worker.
(d) She is a banker.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what crime were Ove's obnoxious and partying neighbors arrested, according to the narrator in Chapter 34: “A Man Called Ove and a Boy in the House Next Door"?

2. What are the seven words that Ove utters to her that "Parvaneh will always remember as the loveliest compliment he'll ever give her" in Chapter 27: “A Man Called Ove and a Driving Lesson”?

3. How old was Jimmy when Ove and Rune ran off his mother's abusive boyfriend, according to the narrator in Chapter 34: “A Man Called Ove and a Boy in the House Next Door"?

4. On what day of the week did Ove and his wife go to spend sitting in a cafe, according to the narrator in Chapter 29: “A Man Called Ove and a Bender”?

5. Who appears to interview the man in the white shirt for the newspaper in Chapter 35: “A Man Called Ove and Social Incompetence”?

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