andrewtoronto said:
There are thousands of founding people from the book
Do you have to remember all of them ?
If you read from general history books, its going to be difficult.
Just concentrate on reading
"Discover Canada" booklet from the CIC, its covers everything the CIC test will be focused on.
Trust me, if you read that booklet few times you are more than prepared for the test.
There are many free online self test available for practice, one of them is....
http://www.apnatoronto.com/canadian-citizenship-test-practice/
Wish you all the best.