Halloween

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When is Halloween?

• October 4th

• October 31st

• October 21st

• November 1st

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Halloween is only celebrated in America

• True

• False

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What of these are Halloween decorations?

• Christmas Tree

• Mosque

• Jack O Lanterns

• Ang pow

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Things people love to do during Halloween are

• Watch scary movies

• Trick or treating

• Decorate houses with scary decorations

• Cosplay

• Make a wish

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What ancient culture is Halloween derived from?

• The Romans

• The Greeks

• The Celts

• The French

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What ancient tradition is Halloween based on?

• Samhain

• Saturnalia

• Christmas

• Festivus

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Who designated November 1 "All Saints Day" because he did not like the attention Halloween was getting?

• The King of England

• The Holy Roman Emperor

• George Washington

• The Pope

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Before Halloween was called "Halloween", it was called something else. What was it?

• Thanksgiving

• All Saints Day

• Death Day

• All Hallows Eve

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What culture conquered the Celts and combined their culture with their own?

• The Greeks

• The Germans

• The Russians

• The Romans

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According to the ancients, what happened on Halloween?

• The devil roams the earth for twenty-four hours.

• The living are literally able to raise the dead.

• A really rocking party that's what.

• The lines between the living and the dead were blurred.

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When is All Saints' Day?

• 31 October

• 1 November

• 2 November

• 3 November

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Why do people celebrate All Saints' Day?

• To have more days of obligation in a year

• To commemorate those who have attained heaven

• To pray for the souls in Purgatory

• So we can be holy

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The immigration of these people in the nineteenth century dramatically increased the popularity of Halloween in the United States.

• The Germans

• The Irish

• The Italians

• The Chinese

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Why did the original celebrants of Halloween think costumes were necessary?

• Because costumes are cool.

• Because costumes ward off ghosts.

• Because it is fun to trick your friends.

• Trick question. They did not wear costumes.

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American Halloween today is …

• less scary than in the past.

• scarier than in the past.

• less popular than when the first people came to America.

• similar to the way the Native Americans celebrated the end of the harvest.

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Which of these groups did NOT influence the origins of Halloween?

• Celts
• Romans
• Christians
• Americans

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In the 19th century, immigrants to the U.S. revived some of the ancient traditions of "souling" and "guising." This became known as _____________

• Treat or tricking

• Trick or treating

• Stealing Candy from Kids

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Halloween was popularized in the U.S. mainly by immigrants from which country?

• Russia

• Japan

• Ireland

• El Salvador

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Which sentence about Halloween is true?

• Halloween is still changing today.

• Halloween has not changed much.

• Halloween will probably not change much in the future

• Halloween will be replaced by the Day of the Dead.

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True or False?
Trick-or-treating was popularized as a way to reduce town-wide pranking and vandalism.

• True
• False

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The first Jack-O-Lanterns were made with____

• Turnips

• pumkins

• potato

• pinapple

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The word Halloween means_________

• tiny pumkins

• All hallow's eve

• Scary monsters

• the night of fright

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The modern, family-friendly and child-centered Halloween has been celebrated since the...

• 1800s

• 1920s

• 1950s

• 1980s

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Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?

• Vegetable

• Fruit

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Which of these ingredients was used to make the first candy apple?

• cinnamon candies
• cherry jell-o powder
• melted cherry lollipops
• red caramel

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How did the tradition of bobbing for apples get started?

• It was a matchmaking game for young singles.
• A health organization started it as an alternative to trick-or-treating.
• Superstitious people thought it would ward off ghosts.
• It marked the end of the apple harvest.

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An animal that symbolizes evil and bad luck

• Bat

• Black cat

• Owl

• Lizard

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What is a Jack- o-lantern?

• A carved pumpkin

• A flying bat

• A type of game

• A cooked turnip

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What do we dress up in during Halloween?

• Uniforms

• Elegant clothes

• Costumes

• Swimsuit

Draw

Draw Ms Cherane in Halloween costume.

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