Halloween

Samhain was celebrated on

• 1 November

• 31 October

• 30 October

• 2 November

Where is Halloween originated from?

• Canada

• Mexico

• Norway

• Britain and Ireland

What originally people were celebrating on Halloween?

• The middle of autumn

• harvest time and begining of winter

• day of the winter goddes

• autumn equinox

Who brought Halloween to the United States?

• Irish

• Scots

• Celts

• Vikings

Why people started craving pumpkin lanterns for Halloween?

• to scare children asking for sweets

• to scare birds trying to steal the harves

• to scare ghosts

• to show their pumpkin harvest in a creative way

What was the original reason of dressing up for Halloween?

• to deliver dark rituals

• to scare naughty children

• to prunk neighbours

• to make ghosts think you are a ghost too

What phrase people (children) say if they knock into your door on the Halloween night?

• "Hands up! Don't move!"

• "Money or life!"

• "Trick-or-treat"

• "Is Jack home?"

What do colors of Halloween (orange and black) symbolise?

• harvest and death

• day and night

• fire and ashes

• red-hair witches and their black cats

What's the name of Catholic Halloween?

• St. Teresa's Day

• Thanksgiving Day

• Samhain

• All saints and all souls Day

What is a Mexican tradition of celebrating Halloween according to the text?

• eating nachos

• dancing on the graveyard

• painting skulls

• crying for passed away relatives till the sunrise