QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW HOLIDAY

1. Why do Vietnamese people avoid sweeping the house on the first day of the Lunar New Year?

• A. To save energy for the festivities

• B. To prevent the house from geting dirty

• C Because its considered bad luck to sweep away good fortune

• D. To make sure the house look clean for visitor

2. Why do Vietnamsese people often by peach or apricot trees to decorate thier homes during the lunar New Year?

• A. They are easier to maintain than others plan

• B. They are traditional symbols of growth, development, and fortune

• C. They macth well with the New Year decorations

• D. They are less expensive than other flowers

3. Why do Vietnamese people choose food like Bánh Chưng, Bánh Tét, and bamboo shoot soup during the lunar New Year?

• A. They are easy to prepare

• B. They are popular dishes

• C. They symbolize abundance, prosperty, and hapiness

• D. They are heathy and nutritious

4. Why do Vietnamses and Chinese people give thier family members a red evelop filled with money?

• A. Because it is a symbols of luck and fortune

• B. As a form of investment

• C. To repay debts

• D. To show off wealth

5. Why do Vietnamsese people buy a carp and worship the god of the kitchen before the lunar new year?

• A. To cook a special meal for the featival.

• B. To celebrate the god of kithchen is return to the heaven

• C. As a symbol of wealth and properity

• D. To show repect for the kitchen is cleanliness

6. Thai people pratice a custom of "bathing the buddha" during songkran ( Thai New Year holiday). What is the meaning of this tradition?

• A. To clean the bad luck from the past year and pray for good fortune in the upcoming year

• B. To worship ancestors.

• C. To celebrate a bountiful harvest

• D. To cleanse sins and impurities

7. Which festival in Thailand is most prominent during the lunar New Years celebration?

• A. Yi peng lantern festival.

• B. Loy Krathong festival

• C. Chinese New Years celebrations in chinatown

• D. Songkran festival.

8. What kind of decoration do chinese people communities in Thailand use to celebrate the lunar New Years?

• A. Red lanterns, floral arrangements, and gold-colored items

• B. Traditional Thai garlanda and water offerings

• C. Floating candles and banna leaves

• D. Colorful umbrella and sand pagodas

9. What are the traditional food eaten by chinese communities in Thailand during the lunar new year?

• A. Mango sticky rice and tom yum soup

• B. Gree curry and som tam

• C. Nian gao( sticky rice cake), roat duck, and steames fish.

• D. Pad thai and khao chae

10. What traditional customs are comonly praticed to celebrate the New Year in Asian countries?

• A. Playing video game, and wathcing movie.

• B. Cleaning houses, decorating with flowers and lantems, ancestor worship, and family feasts.

• C. Going to the beach and having barbecues

• D. Visting amusement parks and going om rides