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OUR CANADIAN GIRLS Trivia Game

1. What is the name of the Chinese immigrant who works for Emily's family?
A) Sing
B) Woo
C) Hing
D) Fong

2. What is the name of the city where Emily lives?
A) Victoria
B) Vancouver
C) Veronica
D) Venice

3. What are Penelope's two sisters named?
A) Maggie and Jenny
B) Kathy and Emily
C) Maggie and Kathy
D) Emily and Maggie

4. What caused the explosion in Halifax harbor?
A) A canon jammed on a warship
B) ship with explosives collided with another ship
C) Someone set fire to a box of firecrackers
D) A ship's engine overheated

5. What epidemic struck Montreal in 1885?
A) the flu
B) diphtheria
C) cholera
D) smallpox

6. What are the two main languages of Quebec?
A) German and English
B) French and German
C) French and English
D) English and Spanish

7. What state did Rachel's family escape from?
A) North Carolina
B) Virginia
C) South Carolina
D) Georgia

8. Who were the Black Loyalists?
A) Former slaves who fought on the side of the British during the American Revolution
B) Former slaves who fought on the side of the Confederacy during the Civil War
C) Former slaves who fought in the Mexican Revolution
D) Former slaves who became land-owners in the South

9. Why was the winter of 1783 so cold?
A) El Nino hit the East Coast of Canada
B) A volcanic eruption in Iceland made the sky dark
C) The snowfall was much higher than usual
D) Smog from coal fires blocked out the sunlight

10. What is Marie-Claire's best friend named?
A) Lily
B) Lara
C) Lucille
D) Linda

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