A Man Called Ove: Chapters 21 - 30

Who says, "We can busy ourselves with living or with dying, Ove. We have to move on”?

(a)  

• Parvaneh

• Sonja
• Rune

• Anita

What does the man in the white shirt want to do with

Rune?

• Put him into a hospice

• Place him in a special home for people with his illness

• Give him a better life than Anita can provide

• Make sure he does not disturb his neighbours

What plan does Ove consider with the corrugated

iron?

• Making a barricade against the white Skoda

• Inventing a new way to charge his car

• Electrocuting Mutt

• Demonstrating his practical skills

How did Adrian know Sonja?

• He helped out at the hospital

• He was her first boyfriend

• He used to see her at the shop in her wheelchair

• She was his teacher

What does "throat tattoo" do to anger Ove?

• He is impatient with Parvaneh as a learner driver

• He makes a rude comment about immigrants

• He does not drive a Saab

• He calls Ove an "old man"

What does it show when Ove asks "the soot eyed boy"

if he's "bent"? (More than one answer):

• Ove is homophobic

• Ove knows about homosexuality but does not have the words to show he is not prejudiced

• Ove just wants to know who he is dealing with

• Ove is intrigued to learn more about someone new and understand him

Who is being described here"

"You've learned a new language and got yourself an education and you're holding together a family of obvious incompetents"

(a)  

• Parvaneh
• Mirsad

• Amel

• Jimmy

Why does Ove help Adrian with the bicycle repair?

All these answers are correct but choose the most important reason.

• He enjoys being useful and this is something he can easily do

• He believes young people should learn practical skills

• He empathises with a young person wanting to do something for the person he loves

• It's a good excuse to give Parvaneh a driving lesson

Who is referenced here?

"One of them a man who refuses to forget the past, and one who can't remember it at all."

(a)  

• Ove and Amal

• Anders and Rune

• Ove and Rune
• Amal and Rune

What is most significant about Nasanin's drawing?

• She can't draw well, but she is reaching out to Ove

• She draws Ove in colour because she thinks he is funny

• She draws Ove in colour when he thinks there is no more colour in his life

• Nasanin is looking for a fatherly figure