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Piñatas

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Spaniards filled their piñatas with...

a)

seeds

b)

candy

c)

fruit

d)

cookies

2.

The Spaniards celebrated what season with piñatas?

a)

New Year

b)

Christmas

c)

Lent

d)

Easter

3.

The Chinese filled their piñatas with...

a)

candy

b)

apples and oranges

c)

seeds

d)

peanuts

4.

The Chinese used piñatas to celebrate

a)

Christmas

b)

Easter

c)

Birthdays

d)

New Year

5.

The Spaniards decorated their piñatas with...

a)

feathers and ribbons

b)

colored paper

c)

tissue paper

d)

glitter

6.

Piñatas originated in...

a)

Spain

b)

Mexico

c)

China

d)

Italy

7.

In the sixteenth century, in Mexico, people used their piñatas to celebrate...

a)

Easter

b)

New Year

c)

Las Posadas

d)

Independence Day

8.

The Chinese broke the piñata, burned the seeds, and gathered the remains for...

a)

the easter bunny

b)

good luck

c)

for tea

d)

for their children

9.

The Italian word "pignatta" means...

a)

candy

b)

swords

c)

fragile pot

d)

piñata

10.

In Spain, the first Sunday of Lent was called...

a)

Easter Sunday

b)

Piñata Day

c)

Piñata Sunday

d)

Advent Sunday

11.

The missionaries transformed the piñata for religious education giving it ____ points/cones.

a)

5

b)

7

c)

9

d)

3

12.

The blindfolded participant represents...

a)

evil

b)

good

c)

faith

d)

hope

13.

People gather near the player and spin him/her ____ times, which represents the age Jesus Christ was when he was crucified.

a)

30

b)

31

c)

32

d)

33

14.

When the piñata was made out of a clay pot, it represented ____ .

a)

faith

b)

hope

c)

happiness

d)

evil

15.

In some regions, the clay pot is no longer used, people use a ___ to create the piñata.

a)

cooking pot

b)

flower pot

c)

balloon

d)

ball

16.

Once broken, the candies and fruits represented...

a)

evil

b)

reward for keeping the faith

c)

hope

d)

good luck

17.

To celebrate the birthday of the Aztec god of war, ______ , priests placed a clay pot on a pole in the temple at year's end.

a)

Huitzilopochtli

b)

Seuss

c)

Sanzon

d)

Luke

18.

The missionaries covered the traditional pot with colored paper, giving it an extraordinary, _____ .

a)

clown face

b)

fearful appearance

c)

bird face

d)

cow face

19.

The Chinese covered their piñatas with colored paper and adorned with harnesses and trappings to make them look like...

a)

cows, oxen, or buffaloes

b)

clowns

c)

llamas

d)

Super Man

20.

The seven points or cones represented the...

a)

seven deadly sins

b)

seven days of the week

c)

seven months of the year

d)

seven PM

21.

The Mexican Catholic piñata claimed that the seasonal fruit and candies inside represented...

a)

the temptations of evil

b)

good luck

c)

faith

d)

hope

22.

Although piñatas are thought to have originated in China, today they are most strongly identified with ______ , where the tradition can be traced back to the ancient Aztec culture.

a)

the United States

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

Mexico

d)

Argentina

23.

Today, piñatas are used to celebrate ___ .

a)

birthday parties

b)

posadas

c)

new year

d)

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