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Día De Los Muertos

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Dia de Los Muertos is celebrated on two dates. Please write the month and the two days.

(a)  

2.

What is this?

(a)  

3.

What is this?

(a)  

4.

What smell guides the spirits back?

(a)  

5.

What does ofrenda mean?

a)

Offering

b)

Alter

c)

Levels

d)

Day of the Dead

6.

What does each candle on an ofrenda represent?

a)

Death.

b)

A soul.

c)

Light.

d)

Fire.

7.

Which flower's scent guides spirits back?

a)

Roses

b)

Carnation

c)

Dandelions

d)

Marigolds

8.

What type of butterfly is on the ofrenda?

(a)  

9.

What does the skull represent?

a)

Death

b)

Skeleton

c)

Life

d)

The person who died.

10.

What does the monarch butterfly represent on the ofrenda?

a)

They are believed to hold the spirits of the departed.

b)

They are believed to help the spirits leave Earth.

c)

They are believed to be angels from heaven.

d)

They are believed to guide the spirits.

11.

What is the name of the bread that is on the ofrenda?

a)

Bread of Life

b)

Concha

c)

Ofrenda Bread

d)

Bread of Death

12.

What is Pan de Muerto?

(a)  

13.

What is papel picado?

a)

The arch on the ofrenda

b)

The meaning of Life

c)

Paper flowers

d)

Perforated Paper

14.

What does the arch represent?

a)

The bridge to heaven.

b)

The passageway from life to death

c)

The afterlife

d)

The spirit leaving Earth.

15.

The bread of the dead's design is made to look like:

a)

Dead children.

b)

A cross.

c)

An archway to heaven.

d)

Bones.

16.

Where should the most holiest elemtns be placed?

a)

In the center

b)

The first level

c)

The highest level

d)

Above the photo

17.
a)

A goblet

b)

A cup

c)

A flower vase

d)

An incense burner

18.

Why does this go on the ofrenda?

a)

To put out the candles

b)

To drink

c)

To represent pureness

d)

For the thirsty spirits.

19.

What is a Calavera?

(a)  

20.

Why do people build an ofrenda?

a)

To decorate for Halloween.

b)

To honor a loved one.

c)

To decorate for Day of the Dead.

d)

As an offering to welcome back a spirit.

21.

During Dia de los Muertos what is believed to happen?

a)

Trick or treating

b)

Dead people come back to life like Zombies

c)

Spirits return for one night

d)

Parties for skeletons

22.

Name one smell, other than flowers, that welcomes spirits back.

(a)  

23.

What is this?

(a)  

24.

What always goes on the top level of the ofrenda?

(a)  

25.

What does Muertos mean?

a)

Dead

b)

Death

c)

Halloween

d)

Skeleton