Dia de los Muertos/Cinco de Mayo

In Spanish, the Day of the Dead is called...

• Cinco de Mayo

• Feliz Navidad

• El Día de los Muertos

• Halloween

El Día de los Muertos is celebrated...

• whenever someone dies.

• on November 1st and 2nd.

• once a month.

• on October 31st.

Calaveras de azúcar are...

• a yellow flower.

• graves.

• sugar skulls.

• candles.

On November 1st, many Mexican families spend the night...

• by the graves of their relatives.

• watching scary movies.

• bowling.

• dressed up as zombies.

One thing people do NOT do on el Día de los Muertos is...

• put out food for the souls of dead relatives.

• decorate graves with flowers

• eat traditional foods like mole and tamales.

• go trick-or-treating.

The traditional yellow flower for el Día de los Muertos is...

• a rose.

• a marigold.

• a sunflower.

• a daisy.

An ofrenda is...

• a skull or skeleton decoration.

• an intricately-cut tissue paper decoration.

• incense and candles.

• a collection of objects places on an altar to honor loved ones.

Día de los Muertos is supposed to be a ___ holiday.

• sad

• scary

• strange

• happy

One thing people do NOT traditionally place on an ofrenda for Día de los Muertos is...

• pan de muerto.

• a ghost statue.

• their ancestors' favorite foods.

• candles.

What is the type of flower that they put on their altars and at the grave sites?

• lillies
• orchids
• marigolds
• roses