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Dia de los Muertos

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Dias de los Muertos mean?

a)

Day of the Mortars

b)

Day of the Mouse

c)

Day of the Skull

d)

Day of the Dead

2.

What is an ofrenda?

a)

An ofrenda is a table for a big meal for your family and friends

b)

An ofrenda is a skull made of sugar and decorated with icing and glitter

c)

An ofrenda is a photo of an ancestor in a small metal frame

d)

An ofrenda is a temporary altar full of offerings to ancestors

3.

What is something you might find on an ofrenda?

a)

Marigolds

b)

Photos of ancestors

c)

Offerings of food

d)

All these things

4.

What is papel picado?

a)

Cut paper banners

b)

Special bread for ancestors

c)

Paper flowers

d)

Sugar skulls

5.

What are calavera?

a)

Cut paper banners

b)

Special bread for ancestors

c)

Sugar skulls

d)

Small photos of ancestors

6.

What is pan de muerto?

a)

Cut paper banners

b)

sugar skulls

c)

bread of the dead for ancestors

d)

paper flowers

7.

What items might you find on an ofrenda?

a)

Halloween decorations

b)

Anything your ancestors enjoyed when they were alive

c)

Pictures of living people

d)

Scary things

8.

Why are Dias de los Muertos skeletons and skulls pretty and not scary?

a)

To show respect for our ancestors

b)

Because people just like pretty things

c)

Because there are little kids around

d)

Because people don't like scary things

9.

Where might people celebrate Dias de los Muertos?

a)

In a cemetary

b)

In a public place

c)

In people's homes

d)

All these answers are correct

10.

What culture started Dias de los Muertos?

a)

The Incas

b)

The Celtics

c)

The Egyptians

d)

The Aztecs

11.

Why are marigolds used to celebrate Dias de los Muertos?

a)

Because they are gold like golden treasure

b)

Because they are orange like cheese

c)

Because their color and scent is said to guide our ancestors back to us

d)

Because they are cheap and easy to find

12.

Why do some people celebrate Dias de los Muertos?

a)

Because it's a big party and that's really fun.

b)

Because it's the end of the harvest season.

c)

Because it's Halloween.

d)

Because remembering our ancestors helps to keep them alive in the land of the dead.

13.

What's the date of Día de los Muertos?

a)

Around November 30th and 31st

b)

Around November 1st and 2nd

c)

Around December 1st and 2nd

14.
la calavera de azúcar
a)
fancy skeleton lady
b)
Sugar Skull
c)
Celebration
15.

Who is this fancy lady?

a)

My Grandma

b)

La Margarita

c)

La Catrina

d)

A ghost

16.
On day of the dead, people _____________ their loved ones. 
a)
remember
b)
forget
c)
avoid
d)
dance with
17.
What is the type of flower that they put on their altars and at the gravesites?
a)
lillies
b)
orchids
c)
marigolds
d)
roses
18.
What is the name of the fancy skull lady?
a)
Maria
b)
Sandra
c)
Lola
d)
Catrina
19.

¿Cómo se dice "skulls"?

a)

Calacas

b)

Calaveras

c)

Colocos

d)

Camareros

20.

What is this special table called?

a)

Fotos

b)

Flores

c)

Altar

d)

Pan

21.

This is a very ____________ day for Families in Mexico.

a)

happy

b)

sad

22.

What are Alebrijes?

a)

Spirit animals

b)

Mean animals

c)

Dog and cats

23.
Dia de los Muertos translates to
a)
Day of Celebration
b)
Day to Party
c)
Day of the Dead
d)
Day of the Living
24.
People in what country have celebrated Dia de los Muertos for thousands of years?
a)
Portugal
b)
USA
c)
Spain
d)
Mexico
25.
This is used as a decoration for many hispanic celebrations.
a)
papel picado
b)
paper
c)
banderitas
d)
punched paper
26.
Halloween and Dias de Los Muertos are the same thing.
a)
Falso
b)
Cierto