Halloween

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Why are pumpkins carved in the United States rather than turnips?

• Pumpkins are more readily available.

• It is believed that larger vegetables have bigger impact on scaring away evil spirits.

• Pumpkins honor the Celtic tradition.

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The practice of dressing in costumes and begging door-to-door for treats started in _________.

• the Middle Ages

• the United States

• Scotland and Irela

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The Celts believed that placing Jack-O-Lanterns outside helped guide lost souls

• to the bonfire

• to the harvest

• home

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When did costumes rise, take off and become a very popular and essential part of Halloween?

• during the Samhain festival

• when Halloween became more of a consumer holiday

• in the Middle Ages

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Orange symbolizes the _______ of the harvest season.

• celebration

• death of summer

• work

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Black symbolizes the _______ of the harvest season.

• celebration

• death of summer

• work

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Why did people wear masks during the Samhain festival?

• to be unrecognizable by evil spirits

• to scare their neighbors

• to celebrate the end of the harvest

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What was the first plant to be carved into scary faces?

• turnips

• pumpkins

• potatoes

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According the ancient Gaels, what was special about October 31st

• Boundaries between the living and the dead overlapped

• it was November-eve

• It was the one day when people could knock on the doors of their neighbors and the neighbors would give them candy. 

Where did the name "Halloween" come from?

​Halloween = All Hallows' Eve

It is the day before All Saint’s Day in the Christian calendar. Christians believe that the end of October and the beginning of November is a time to remember the dead. On Halloween, Christians in some parts of the world visit cemeteries to put candles and flowers on the graves of their loved ones.

What is the history of "Halloween"?

Halloween has origins in the ancient Celtic festival, Samhain, which was celebrated in parts of Europe, Britain and Ireland. Samhain was the beginning of the darker part of the year (autumn and winter), and a time when spirits of the dead could easily enter the human world. Many people believed that during Halloween and Samhain, evil spirits came back to earth to seek revenge on their enemies, so they wore costumes to avoid being recognized by the spirits. Halloween was celebrated in Europe, Britain and Ireland for thousands of years before it spread to North America in the 19th century.

Where did trick or treating come from?

In the past, groups of poor people would go from door to door collecting cakes in exchange for praying for the dead. They carried jack-o' lanterns to scare away evil spirits.

Halloween at present

Now, many people enjoy wearing costumes, watching scary movies and playing traditional Halloween games. Halloween has become a commercialized holiday, but its origins came from a respect for and fear of the dead.

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The rise in costume wearing as a MAJOR part f Halloween took off once it became more of a consumer holiday.

What is a synonym for MAJOR as it is used in this sentence?

• important

• minor

• insignificant

Halloween Around the World

Halloween is a fun fall holiday celebrated in several countries around the world. In America, it is celebrated with children and adults dressing up in scary costumes. Children enjoy trick-or-treating for candy in their neighborhood, going to costume parties and playing games. One Halloween game they enjoy is bobbing for apples, which involves a tub of water with their mouths. Though Halloween is very popular in America, it actually originated a long time ago in Ireland.

Some Irish Halloween celebrations are similar to American traditions, while others differ. Children still dress up in costumes and trick-or-treat, but they do not just bob for apples. Instead, they play "snap-apple". In this game, an apple is hung from a string, and children take turns jumping up and seeing who can bite into it first! They also have fruitcakes called "barnbracks" that have special treats baked inside for people to find. Whether you're bobbing or jumping for apples, it's clear to see that Halloween is a lively holiday enjoyed by many people all over the world.

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1. Which two countries are discussed in this paragraph??

• Ireland and Spain

• America and Ireland

• Ireland and England

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What is the name of the Irish fruitcake during Halloween?

• barnbrack

• candy corn

• snap-apple

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What does the phrase, "Halloween originated a long time ago in Ireland" mean in the passage?

• Halloween first started in Ireland.

• Halloween was only fun in Ireland.

• Halloween was never celebrated in Ireland.

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What is the name of the carved pumpkin that people often make to celebrate Halloween?

• Jack O’ Lantern

• Tom O’ Lantern

• John O’ Lantern

Fill in the Blanks

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When was the Celtic New Year?

• November 31st

• October 31st

• November 1st 

• October 1st

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When did the Halloween tradition start?

• 2,000 years ago

• 200 years ago

• 20 years ago

• 4,000 years ago

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The Celtic New Year marked the end of the summer and the beginning of the winter. 

• True

• False

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Why did the Celts celebrate Halloween?

• To protect themselves from the ghosts

• To welcome the New Year

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the Blanks

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The Celts carved faces on potatoes, pumpkins to guide good spirits into their homes. 

• True

• False

Ancient Origins of Halloween

Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago, mostly in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1.

This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31 they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth.

​Halloween

​Halloween is a holiday celebrated each year on October 31, and Halloween 2021 will occur on Sunday, October 31. The tradition originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints. Soon, All Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known as All Hallows Eve, and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a day of activities like trick-or-treating, carving jack-o-lanterns, festive gatherings, donning costumes and eating treats.

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What does Halloween mean?

• all saints' day

• ghouls party

• evening before all saints' day

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What is the origin of Halloween?

• French

• Celtic

• American

• Canadian

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Today, Jack O'Lanterns are carved from

• pumpkins

• turnips

• potatoes

• cabbages

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A vampire can be killed by

• decapitation

• sunlight

• stake through the heart

• all of these

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Halloween is celebrated on...

• October 30rd

• October 31st

• November 1st

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Which vegetable is most disliked by vampires?

• Garlic

• Onion

• Leek

• Mushrooms

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Which of the following BEST describes the Catholic Church's reaction to Samhain celebrations?

• The church attempted to take over Samhain by creating Catholic celebrations at the same time and helping to suppress the Gaelic language.

• The church created a competing holiday to urge people in Europe to honor the summer and the sun by celebrating Beltane or May Day.

• The church created a more modern version of Samhain by encouraging Wiccans to become a part of Catholic celebrations honoring the dead.

• The church attempted to blend the celebration of Catholic saints with the holiday of Samhain so that both could be a part of Celtic culture.

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When do people officially celebrate Halloween?

• On October, 30th

• On October, 31st

• On November 1st

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Halloween is 2,000 years old, it came from a Celtic celebration.

• True

• False

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In the past, people dressed like ghosts ....

• to have fun

• to scare the ghosts

• to become famaous

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In the present, people dresses like ghosts...

• to have fun

• to scare the ghosts

• to become famous

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Now on Halloween, people can't dress like princesses.

• True

• False

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In USA and Europe, Halloween is celebrated in the summer.

• True

• False

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What is the name of the pumpkin that people put a scary face on Halloween?

• Gasper the Ghost

• Jack o'latern

• Dracula

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In USA, Canada and Europe, only children celebrate Halloween nowadays.

• True

• False

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It is very common to wear costumes on Halloween.

• True

• False

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Tattered curtains hanging in the windows waved to groups of trick-or-treaters who scurried by.

What figure of speech is present in this sentence?

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• a hyperbole

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One corner of our back yard is buried under a million leaves that have blown into a drift against the fence.

This sentence illustrates the use of

• a simile

• a metaphor

• an idiom

• a hyperbole

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Lonnie howled like a coyote when her brother scored the winning touchdown.

What two things are compared in this sentence’s simile?

• the touchdown and Lonnie’s brother

• a score and a coyote

• the sound that Lonnie made to a coyote’s howl

• Lonnie’s excitement to winning.

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A row of flickering jack-o-lanterns grinned at us menacingly as we made our way to the front door.

The personification in this sentence gives a human characteristic to

• a door

• trick-or-treaters

• jack-o-lanterns

• a candle

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Oh, so carefully I carried my mile-high ice-cream cone across the freshly raked yard and climbed the ladder to my tree house.

The hyperbole in the above sentence is

• the freshly raked yard,

• mile-high ice-cream cone,

• climbed the ladder,

• Oh, so carefully.

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The moon was a huge, orange eye looking down from

the night sky.

Which of the following changes the metaphor in this sentence to a simile?

• The moon was like a huge orange eye looking down from the night sky.

• The moon was a huge orange eye in the night sky.

• The moon looked down from the night sky.

• The moon was huge and orange.

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A twig snapped underfoot, and I jumped like a jack-in-the-box.

The above simile suggests that the person jumped

• straight up

• forward

• backwards

• to one side

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The October wind howled like a wolf on the prowl.

Which of the following changes this sentence’s simile to a metaphor?

• The October wind gave a wolf’s howl.

• The October wind prowled like a howling wolf.

• The October wind was a howling wolf on the prowl.

• The wind is like a howling wolf in October.

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A billion or so spiders are hiding in the webs they have constructed in the attic.

This sentence contains an example of

• a simile

• a hyperbole

• personification

• an idiom

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When do we celebrate halloween?

• 29.09

• 31.10

• 31.11

• 29.10

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In which country is the Halloween the most popular?

• France

• Poland

• USA

• Pakistan

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What is the symbol of Halloween?

• Jack-o'-lantern

• Pumpkin

• Cross

• Ghost

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What are the colours of Halloween?

• Red & Yellow

• Orange & Yellow

• Blue & White

• Orange & Black

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What are the most popular Halloween costumes?

• Ponies and cats

• Vampires, spirits and witches

• Dinosaur

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Nowadays, Halloween lights are carved from pumpkins. But what were they carved from in the past?

• Apple

• Turnip

• Melon

• Watermelon

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What does it mean to see a spider during Halloween?

• Nothing

• The spirit of a loved one watches over us

• We will be possessed

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Halloween also means ___.

• All Saint's Year

• All Hallows Eve

• Hello Whine

• Dia de Los Muertos

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The Celt's New Year represented what?

• End of the harvest and start of Winter

• Freedom from Spanish rule

• Start of Summer and end of Winter

• Respecting people's dead relatives

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The Celts left ___ outside their houses to make the spirits leave them alone.

• carved pumpkins

• lit candles

• food

• scented candy

Poll

Do you celebrate Halloween?

• Yes

• No

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Trick or ___.

• Apple

• Joke

• Treat

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The wizard held the wand high in the air, and poof, a Jack-o'-lantern appeared.

• idiom

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

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The cat, as black as night, mysteriously crossed our path.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

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The witch’s shriek was so loud that it broke the window panes.

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

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The ghastly ghoul emerged from the ground in front of the grave.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

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The carved pumpkin, its eyes flickering from the flame within, winked at me as I passed by on the dark Halloween night.

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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The evil ogre's limbs were thick steel wrapped in muscle.

• simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• personification

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The vampire, like a rabid dog, sunk his teeth into the woman's neck without hesitation.

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

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The boy opened the coffin slowly. With each subtle movement, an eerie creak came from the rusted hinges.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• oxymoron

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The mummy appeared from the crypt and moved towards the archeologist with a deafening silence.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

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The wind howled as it blew by the dark castle.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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The man, frightened by the phantom haunting the theatre, often heard footsteps under the stage when there was a full moon.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• personification

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Walking through the haunted forest, the visitor noticed the evil tree lurking in the shadows.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• personification

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The goblin turned to its prey, his open mouth revealing fangs as sharp as knives.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• personification

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When the frightened girl saw the living dead move in her direction, she screamed, "Zombie!"

• alliteration

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• personification

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The man began to feel himself change. He would be transformed into a werewolf when the curtain of night fell.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• alliteration

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Darkness surrounded the cemetery while shadows of demons and dreadful figures danced in the moonlight.

SELECT TWO TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.

• Onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

• oxymoron

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Witches on broomsticks filled the sky. The boy looked up, his mouth dropped open in a silent scream.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• oxymoron

• alliteration

• simile

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Hiding in the shadows from the corpse that had come to life, the frightened man's teeth were chattering.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• oxymoron

• alliteration

• simile

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The witch was so ugly, I thought my eyes were going to melt.

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

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My friend tried to convince me to give him all of my halloween candy but I told him, "Ha, over my dead body."

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• idiom

• personification

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When do people officially celebrate Halloween?

• On October, 30th

• On October, 31st

• On November 1st

Multiple Choice

Halloween is 2,000 years old, it came from a Celtic celebration.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

In the past, people dressed like ghosts ....

• to have fun

• to scare the ghosts

• to become famaous

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In the present, people dresses like ghosts...

• to have fun

• to scare the ghosts

• to become famous

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Now on Halloween, people can't dress like princesses.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

In USA and Europe, Halloween is celebrated in the summer.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the most famous game that childreen play on Halloween?

• Ghost game

• Jack o'latern

• Trick or Treat

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What is the name of the pumpkin that people put a scary face on Halloween?

• Gasper the Ghost

• Jack o'latern

• Dracula

Multiple Choice

In USA, Canada and Europe, only children celebrate Halloween nowadays.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

It is very common to wear costumes on Halloween.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

To put on (an article of clothing

• pagan

• don

• pacify

• polytheistic

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Relating to or characterized by belief in a worship of more than one god.

• harvest

• revelers

• disgruntled

• polytheistic

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Someone causing or showing the tendency to annoy or cause trouble.

• mischievous

• rural

• harvest

• disgruntled

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A person who is not religious or has little religion.

• parishioners

• don

• pagan

• rural

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In or relating to the countryside instead of the town.

• rural

• don

• revelers

• pacify

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A person who is enjoying themselves in a lively and noisy way.

• mischievous

• revelers

• parishioners

• pagan

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A person who goes to a particular local church.

• rural

• pagan

• harvest

• parishioners

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The season for gathering in agricultural crops.

• polytheistic

• harvest

• pacify

• don

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To calm or soothe a feeling (such as anger)

• mischievous

• pacify

• harvest

• revelers

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Angry or dissatisfied

• disgruntled

• rural

• pagan

• don

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Halloween is celebrated on

• 30th October

• 31th October

• 30st October

• 31st October

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The tradition of Halloween originated in

• Ireland

• the USA

• Canada

• the UK

Draw

Draw the Irish flag.

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Which of these is NOT considered a historical root of Halloween?

• Celtic harvest festivals

• an early Christian tradition of celebrating All Hallow's Day/Eve

• an Irish celebration of the annual pumpkin harvest

• the Pagan's tradition to make ghosts vanish

Multiple Choice

Who wrote the novel Frankenstein?

• George Orwell

• Mary Shelley

• Charles Dickens

• Virginia Woolf

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What is Samhainophobia?

• the fear of spiders

• the fear of pumpkins

• the fear of Halloween

• the fear of ghosts

Draw

Draw a Jack O'Lantern (Kürbislaterne).

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What month is Halloween celebrated? 📆

• September

• October

• December

• Wednesday

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Name three popular Halloween costumes 👩🏽‍🌾👨🏽‍🎓🎅🏽🧞‍♂️🧚🏽‍♀️

• Vampire

• Witch

• Mario Bross

• Ghost

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What kind of creature is Dracula? 🧛🏼‍♂️🧛🏼‍♂️🧛🏼‍♂️🧛🏼‍♂️🧛🏼‍♂️

• Super Hero

• werewolf

• Monster

• Vampire

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What symbol of Halloween is orange? 🎃

• Pumpkin

• Cat

• Bat

• Wizard

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What are two things that witches are known for wearing? 🧙🏼‍♀️

• Schoolbag and pencil case

• Hat and broom

• Hat and book

• Bones and skeleton

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What creepy Halloween creature has 8 legs? 🕸🕷

• Bat

• spider

• Monster

• Cat

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What are considered to be the two Halloween colours? 🌈

• Black and yellow

• Orange and green

• Red and purple

• Orange and black

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What is inside of a pumpkin? 🎃🕯

• Candy

• Spider

• Candle

• garlic

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How many bones are in the human skeleton? 💀💀💀💀💀

• 18

• 368

• 206

• 4

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When do bats fly? 🦇

• Morning

• Always

• Never

• Night

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Who rides a broom? 🧙🏼‍♀️

• Witch

• Wizard

• Spider

• With

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What animal is black in Halloween ❓❓❓

• Cow

• Dog

• Cat

• Horse

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👻👻What do ghosts say? 👻👻

• Hello

• Boo

• Bye

• Me

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What do people wear around the neck to keep vampires away? 🥜🌶🌽🍅🧀

• Onion

• Garlic

• nuts

• Oregano

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Trick or treat is about... 🍡🍬🍭🍢🍫

• Giving a candy

• Asking for candy

• Eating a candy

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What animal fly and it’s black in Halloween?🦇

• Cat

• Spider

• Pumpkin

• Bat

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the Blanks

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When do we celebrate Halloween?

• On October 31

• On October 30

• On October 29

• On October 28

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When you knock to your neighbor's door at Halloween you say .........

• Trick or Treat

• Treat or Trick

• Trick or Tease

• Treat or Tease

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WHO STARTED HALLOWEEN?

• spirits

• kids

• Celts

• Romans

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WHY DO WE WEAR COSTUMES?

• to calm the neighbours

• to blend in with spirits

• to keep warm

• to hide from the teacher

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WHY DID PUMPKINS BEAT OUT TURNIPS, BEETS AND POTATOES?

• were funnier than other vegetables

• were tasty for the ghosts

• the church allowed it

• were much better for carving

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In which country did Halloween originate?

• The United Kingdom

• Ireland

• The USA

• Australia

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What was Dracula’s real name?

• Vladymyr the Impaler

• John the Impaler

• Vlad the Impaler

• Frankenstein

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Transylvania is a region in which country?

• Boo-York

• Germany

• Serbia

• Romania

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What’s another name for a carved pumpkin?

• carved fruit

• A Jack-o-lantern

• bulbs

• candles

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An animal that symbolizes evil and bad luck and is A witch´s pet.

• Bat

• Owl

• Black Cat

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A pumpkin with a face cut in one side and a candle put inside. 

• Jack O´Lantern

• Tom O´Lantern

• Miss Pumpkin

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A small creature that catches insects in a web.

• Rat

• Spider

• Frog

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A monster that goes out of control and is dangerous.

• Frankenstein

• Spiderman

• Harry Potter

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A large round of metal container used for cooking over fire.

• Pan

• Pot

• Cauldron

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A pointed covering for the head that witches wear.

• Witch hat

• Witch cap

• Witch crown

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Sweet food made of sugar for Halloween,

• Cake

• Candies

• Biscuits

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Nocturnal small animals that look like mice with wings.

• Bats

• Rats

• Owls

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A spirit of a dead person represented as a pale, transparent image.

• Skeleton

• Mummy

• Ghost

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A woman with evil magic powers.

• Witch

• Wizard

• Fairy

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Large round vegetables with hard orange skin.

• Onion

• Beans

• Pumpkins

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A typical Halloween character that is a vampire.

• Werewolf

• Dracula

• Troll

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A frame of bones that supports a human body.

• Ghost

• Zombie

• Skeleton

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Children dress up WITH frightening costumes and visit people´s homes to demand sweets.

• Trick or treat

• Apple bobbing

• Strolling

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A brush on the end of a long handle thar witches use to fly.

• Wire brush

• Broom

• Mop

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A large grave, built of stone.

• Coffin

• Sarcophagus

• Tomb