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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of car does Anders drive?
(a) Audi.
(b) BMW.
(c) Saab.
(d) Toyota.

2. What kind of computer does the salesman suggest Ove purchase in Chapter 1: “A Man Called Ove Buys A Computer That Is Not A Computer”?
(a) A MacBook.
(b) A Kindle.
(c) An HP laptop.
(d) A Dell desktop.

3. Who helps Ove with the cat in Chapter 17: “A Man Called Ove and a Cat Annoyance in a Snowdrift”?
(a) Anita.
(b) Rune.
(c) Parvaneh.
(d) Anders.

4. How cold is it when Ove walks to the train station in Chapter 15: “A Man Called Ove and a Delayed Train”?
(a) 10 degrees.
(b) 20 degrees.
(c) 30 degrees.
(d) 5 degrees.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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”?

3. 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”?

4. On what day of the week was Ove told that he was being forced into retirement?

5. What was the name of Ove's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ove admit to Sonja on their first dinner date in Chapter 14: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Woman On A Train"? How did Sonja respond?

2. How is Sonja's father described in Chapter 16: “A Man Who Was Ove and a Truck in the Forest”?

3. Why does Parvaneh ask Ove for additional help around her house in Chapter 13: “A Man Called Ove and a Clown Called Beppo”?

4. What causes the conflict between Ove and the Blond Weed in Chapter 6: “A Man Called Ove and a Bicycle that Should Have Been Left where Bicycles are Left”?

5. Why was Ove rejected for military duty? How did this rejection impact him?

6. Why does Ove go to the train station in Chapter 15: “A Man Called Ove and a Delayed Train”?

7. How are Ove and his wife compared with one another in Chapter 5: “A Man Called Ove”?

8. What connection occurs between Ove and the Cat Annoyance in Chapter 19: “A Man Called Ove and a Cat That Was Broken When He Came”?

9. What foreshadowing is seen in Chapter 7: “A Man Called Ove Drills a Hole for a Hook”?

10. Why does Ove cancel his newspaper and telephone subscriptions in Chapter 2: “(Three Weeks Earlier) A Man Called Ove Makes His Neighborhood Inspection”?

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