Q 01/05

In what year was Anne of Green Gables first published?

A) 1888

B) 1898

C) 1908

D) 1918

Answer · why

C) 1908

L.C. Page & Co. of Boston brought it out on 13 June, and it sold more than 19,000 copies in its first five months.

Q 02/05

Anne is sent by mistake to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, who had asked the orphanage for what?

A) A girl to keep house

B) A pair of twins

C) A boy to help on the farm

D) A grown farmhand

Answer · why

C) A boy to help on the farm

The message was garbled as it passed through Mrs. Spencer's brother and niece, and a girl of 10 or 11 turned up instead.

Q 03/05

Green Gables stands in the fictional town of Avonlea, in which Canadian province?

A) Prince Edward Island

B) Nova Scotia

C) New Brunswick

D) Newfoundland

Answer · why

A) Prince Edward Island

Avonlea is based on Cavendish, where Montgomery grew up; the province once put Anne's face on its licence plates.

Q 04/05

Anne insists that her name always be spelled how?

A) With a capital in the middle

B) With two n's and no e

C) As 'Ann-Marie'

D) With an 'e' on the end

Answer · why

D) With an 'e' on the end

Orphan-girl 'formula stories' with heroines called Ann were common in 1908, and Montgomery used the extra letter to set hers apart.

Q 05/05

Which physical feature does Anne despise most about herself?

A) Her freckles

B) Her red hair

C) Her nose

D) Her height

Answer · why

B) Her red hair

She hates the freckles too, but rather likes her nose; her attempt to dye the hair black turns it green.