Canadian Literature and Awards

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1. What is the name of the award-winning Ken McGoogan novel that told the story of John Rae, a 19th century Arctic explorer? Lady Franklin's Revenge Fatal Passage Ancient Mariner An Adventure in the Arctic

2. What is the name of Joseph Boyden's first novel, which describes the horrors of WW1 trench warfare through the experiences of two Metis soldiers? Born With a Tooth Soldiers War and Peace Three Day Road

3. Which Margaret Atwood novel was based on a real-life Canadian murderer of the 1800s? Alias Grace Oryx and Crake The Handmaid's Tale Bodily Harm

4. This 1990 winner of the Governor General's Award was written by Nino Ricci and is the first part of a trilogy about a boy, born in a small town in Italy, who moves to rural Ontario. Anil's Ghost Lives of the Saints Such a Long Journey Man Descending

5. What novel by Camilla Gibb, set partly in London, and partly in Ethiopa, won the Trillium Book Award for 2006? Mouthing the Words Making it Work in the City The Petty Details of So-and-So's Life Sweetness in the Belly

6. Alice Munro's first collection of short stories won the Governor General's Award - what was the title of this collection? Who do You Think You Are? The Moons of Jupiter Lives of Girls and Women Dance of the Happy Shades

7. The 1997 Giller prize was won by the following author for the work "Barney's Version". Pierre Berton Mordecai Richler Farley Mowat Timothy Findley

8. This author wrote 50 books before retiring from writing. His book "The Last Spike" won the Governor General's Award in 1972. He is ______. Stephen Leacock Pierre Berton Robertson Davies Leonard Cohen

9. The Books in Canada First Novel Award for 2002 was won by Mary Lawson for the novel entitled _________. Heave Cumberland Stay Crow Lake

10. Farley Mowat's books have been translated into 52 languages and several of his works have been made into films. One was a children's book that won the Governor General's Award in 1956. It is entitled __________. People of the Deer The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Never Cry Wolf Lost in the Barrens