Dia de Los Muertos

What does Día de los Muertos translate to in English?

• Day of the Dead

• Day of Remembering

• Day of the Skulls

• Day of the Celebration

Which two Battle of the Books selections refer to or include scenes of Día de los Muertos?

• Greenglass House and Serafina and the Black Cloak

• Ghost Boys and Crow

• Ghost Boys and The First Rule of Punk

• House Arrest and Greenglass House

True or false: Mexico is the only country that celebrates the Day of the Dead.

• False

• True

Día de los Muertos is a ________________ of the lives of the deceased.

• mourning

• somber remembrance

• celebration

• quiet observation

What do families do in cemeteries and graveyards during Día de los Muertos?

• have a two hour parade

• clean and decorate gravesites

• put a new layer of soil down

• put up new gravestones

What is an 'ofrenda'?

• big altars inside of churches

• small personal altars

• food left at a gravesite

• sugar skulls

What are 'calacas' and 'calaveras'?

• bones and food

• skeletons and clothes

• skeletons and skulls

• sugar skulls

What are the yellow flowers associated with Día de los Muertos called?

• marigolds

• dandelions

• daffofils

• tulips

True or False: Dia de los Muertos is the same thing as Halloween.

• True

• False