D. Martin Rouleau-Couture drove his car into two Canadian soldiers, killing one of them, at a strip mall in St.-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.  Ottawa is located on the Ottawa River border between Ontario and Quebec. Ottawa and the city Gatineau, Quebec, on the other side of the river form Canada's National Capital Region.

Q: The killing of the 25-year-old soldier was only the fifth murder this year in Ottawa, a city of about 885,000 people. Which Canadian city has fewer people than Ottawa?

A. Calgary

B. Edmonton

C. Toronto

D. All of the above

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B. With more than 2,7 million people, Toronto is Canada's most populous city followed by Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa and Edmonton. Ottawa has more than 200,000 more people than the U.S. capital of Washington D.C. , which already has recorded 87 homicides this year.

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Q: Last week's attacks came as Canada deployed additional planes in a campaign of air strikes against Islamic State militants in . . .

A. Iraq

B. Libya

C. Somalia

D. Yemen

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A. Canada has joined with the U.S. and several other nations to attack the Islamic jihadists who have seized large areas of Iraq and Syria. Both of the attackers in Canada were troubled men who recently converted to Islam and proclaimed support for radical causes.

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Q: Canada's Parliament is part of which form of government?

A. Socialist republic

B. Elective monarchy

C. Constitutional monarchy

D. Direct democracy

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C. The country is a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom serving as head of state for Canada as as well as 15 other British Commonwealth nations. Parliament, its cabinet and prime minister actually run Canada by making and executing its laws.

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