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Introduction:
"Even if you're not a Canadian, and didn't have to "do" these books for school, you should be familiar with many of these books and authors."


1. This author, along with her sister, wrote about her experiences pioneering in Upper Canada.
    Laura Ingalls Wilder
    Sarah Binks
    Susanna Moodie
    Susanne North


2. Which of these books was NOT written by W.O. Mitchell?
    Roses are Difficult Here
    Who has Seen the Wind
    As for Me and My House
    Jake and the Kid


3. Canadians like to have the best of all possible worlds. We claim as our own not only those authors born here who have moved elsewhere, but those born elsewhere who have moved here! Which Sri Lankan-born author shared the Booker Prize in 1992?
    Rohinton Mistry
    Anita Rau Badami
    Shyam Selvadurai
    Michael Ondaatje


4. This author of "Sajo and her Beaver People" was found after his death to have been posing as a Native American. He was actually an Englishman.
    Wallace Black Elk
    Tomson Highway
    Grey Owl
    Spotted Tail


5. This Manitoba - born author's novels were equally successful in French and in English translation.
    Margaret Laurence
    Michel Tremblay
    Marie Chapdelaine
    Gabrielle Roy


6. This Yukon - born author has written seemingly hundreds of books, mostly of the "Popular History" genre. Books such as "The Last Spike", "The Arctic Grail", and "Flames Across the Border" have made the past come alive.
    Robert Service
    Pierre Berton
    Peter C. Newman
    Alison Griffiths


7. What is the name of Alister MacLeod's first novel?
    Each Man's Son
    Strange Heaven
    No Great Mischief
    Fall on Your Knees


8. This writer of "The Natural History of Elephants" (among many other poems) was the 1975 winner of the Governor General's Award for Poetry. He was known as "The People's Poet", and died in 1986.
    Hugh MacLennon
    Ted Hughes
    Milton Acorn
    Guy Vanderhaeghe


9. What was Stephen Leacock's "day job"?
    pharmacist
    accountant
    customs inspector
    university professor


10. This poet and novelist has become most famous for setting his poems to music. One of his albums was featured as the soundtrack of the movie "McCabe and Mrs. Miller".
    Irving Layton
    Al Purdy
    Leonard Cohen
    Al Birney


11. Which was the first in L. M. Montgomery's "Avonlea" books?
    Rainbow Valley
    Chronicles of Avonlea
    The Story Girl
    The Golden Road


12. What is unusual about Nick Bantock's Griffen and Sabine books?
    there are no female characters
    they are bilingual - both French and English
    they are told in the form of letters and postcards
    he uses only one vowel throughout each book


13. Complete the line. "The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, but the queerest they ever did see Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge I ___________"
    Answer: (Three Words)


14. Which of these is NOT a children's book by Farley Mowat?
    The Map-Maker
    Owls in the Family
    The Dog Who Wouldn't Be
    The Curse of the Viking Grave


15. This Edmonton-born author has written a series of books set on the Hobbema reserve, just outside of Edmonton. One of his baseball stories was made into a very successful movie.
    Fred Stinson
    W.P. Kinsella
    Rudy Weibe
    Eric Wright


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