A Man Called Ove: Chapters 11 - 20

Why does the driver of the Skoda anger Ove in Chapter 11?

(a)  

• He works for the council

• He ignores the rules about driving in the estate a
• He smokes cigarettes in his car

• He mocks Ove

How does Ove try to kill himself on his second attempt? (Chapter 11)

• by hanging himself from the ceiling of his living room

• by taking his wife's medication

• by inhaling car fumes in his garage

• by jumping off a cliff

Why does Parvaneh get a nosebleed in Chapter 11?

• She falls off a ladder

• She slips in the snow and ice

• She bangs into the front door

• Ove opens the garage door into her face

Why is Ove exempted from military service?

(a)  

• He has a heart condition
• He fails the entrance examination

• He is too easily stressed

• His papers are not isn order

What's the one occasion when Ove is violent?

• When the white shirt tricks him

• When he tries to get into the army

• When Tom calls him a thief once too often

• When Tom steals his father's watch

Why does Ove hit the clown at the hospital?

• He was protecting the children

• The clown took his wallet

• The clown called him a grumpy old man

• The clown tried to give him a different coin

How did Ove meet Sonja?

• He was working on the train and she was a passenger

• He saw her on the platform and followed her onto her train

• He fell asleep on the train and she was there when he woke up

• She lost her train ticket and he paid it for her

How does Ove get a job in the housing office?

• Sonja's father gets him the job

• Sonja encourages him to study engineering

• The director at the railway puts in a good word for him

• He shows that he can build a house all by himself

In Chapter 15, Ove plans to attempt suicide for the third time. How?

(a)  

• by hanging himself

• by gassing himself

• by throwing himself onto a railway track
• by crashing the Saab into a wall

Why does Ove become a hero in spite of himself?

• He protests against new council taxes

• He saves a man who has fallen onto the railway track

• He fixes Anita's radiators

• He takes Parvaneh to hospital