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1. This author, along with her sister, wrote about her experiences pioneering in Upper Canada.
2. Which of these books was NOT written by W.O. Mitchell?
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?
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.
5. This Manitoba - born author's novels were equally successful in French and in English translation.
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.
7. What is the name of Alister MacLeod's first novel?
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.
9. What was Stephen Leacock's "day job"?
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".
11. Which was the first in L. M. Montgomery's "Avonlea" books?
12. What is unusual about Nick Bantock's Griffen and Sabine books?
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 ___________"
14. Which of these is NOT a children's book by Farley Mowat?
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.
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