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Día de los Muertos

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Bread of the Dead

a)

flor

b)

calavera

c)

pan de muertos

d)

calaca

2.

Skulls

a)

calacas

b)

calaveras

c)

pan de muertos

d)

velas

3.

Candles

a)

calaveras

b)

esqueletos

c)

velas

d)

calacas

4.

Skeleton

a)

calavera

b)

esqueleto

c)

vela

d)

cementerio

5.

Joyful skeletons depicting joyful afterlife

a)

fotos

b)

esqueletos

c)

velas

d)

calacas

6.

Altar

a)

flores

b)

ofrenda

c)

noviembre

d)

cementerio

7.

Cemetery

a)

recordar

b)

ofrenda

c)

papel picado

d)

cementerio

8.

Tissue paper decoration

a)

celebrar

b)

los muertos

c)

calaveras

d)

papel picado

9.

The dead

a)

los muertos

b)

las calacas

c)

el cementerio

d)

pan de muerto

10.

to celebrate

a)

honrar

b)

celebrar

c)

recordar

d)

calavera

11.

to remember

a)

honrar

b)

celebrar

c)

recordar

d)

remembrar

12.

Day of the Dead

a)

Dai de las Mortos

b)

Dia du les Martes

c)

Daí de las Mertas

d)

Día de los Muertos

13.

Flowers

a)

mariposas

b)

flores

c)

velas

d)

comida

14.

Food

a)

calavera

b)

calaca

c)

comida

d)

cempasúchil

15.

Photos

a)

las fotos

b)

las photos

c)

los fates

d)

los phatos

16.

El Día de los Muertos is celebrated...

a)

whenever someone dies.

b)

on November 1st and 2nd.

c)

once a month.

d)

on October 31st.

17.

El Día de los Muertos was first celebrated by...

a)

the Aztecs.

b)

the Incans.

c)

the Romans.

d)

the Spanish.

18.

Calaveras de azúcar are...

a)

a yellow flower.

b)

graves.

c)

sugar skulls.

d)

candles.

19.

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

a)

by the graves of their relatives.

b)

watching scary movies.

c)

bowling.

d)

dressed up as zombies.

20.

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

a)

put out food for the souls of dead relatives.

b)

decorate graves with flowers

c)

eat traditional foods like mole and tamales.

d)

go trick-or-treating.

21.

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

a)

a rose.

b)

a marigold.

c)

a sunflower.

d)

a daisy.

22.

An ofrenda is...

a)

a skull or skeleton decoration.

b)

an intricately-cut tissue paper decoration.

c)

incense and candles.

d)

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

23.

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

a)

pan de muerto.

b)

a ghost statue.

c)

their ancestors' favorite foods.

d)

candles.

24.

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

a)

sad

b)

scary

c)

strange

d)

happy

25.
Who is this fancy lady?
a)
My Grandma
b)
Myself
c)
La Catrina
d)
My Aunt