El Día de los Muertos

What´s the purpose of candles on an ofrenda?

• They look cool
• to scare away ghosts
• they light up the way for the souls of the departed
• to keep themselves warm

What is the actual date of el Día de los Muertos?

• el 31 de octubre
• el 2 de noviembre
• el 1 de noviembre
• el 30 de octubre

What do family do to celebrate el día de los muertos?

• They get together and throw a party.
• They go to an amusement park and go on the rides.
• They set up an altar with food and things the deceased liked.
• They cry all day long and go to bed early

What indigenous culture started this celebration and when?

• Los Aztecas en el siglo XIV
• Los Mayas en el siglo XIV
• Los Incas en el siglo XVI
• Los españoles en el siglo XVI

Cempasuchil is the name for:

• The altar
• The bread
• The candles
• The flowers

Who was José Guadalupe Posada

• He was the one to start the Day of the Dead celebration.
• He was a famous writer, and illustrator. He created “La Catrina”
• He was the original skeleton for el Diade los Muertos
• No one really important for that celebration.

People celebrated and celebrate el Día de los Muertos to honor the life of their deceased loved ones. 

• Cierto
• Falso

Some of the most important objects an ‘ofrenda’ must have are:

• Newspapers, at least one picture of the deceased, popcorn
• Candles, belongings of the deceased, and a picture of the deceased.
• Candy, cempasuchil, and belongings of the deceased.
• A picture of the deceased, his bones, and pan de muerto.

Halloween and El Día de Muertos, are celebrated exactly the same way.

• Cierto
• Falso

Where is el Día de los Muertos celebrated mostly?

• By the pool
• At a hospital
• At the cemetery 
• At a funeral home