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Dia de los muertos quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

QUICK!!!

On what day is Dia de los Muertos celebrated?

a)

25 de diciembre

b)

4 de julio

c)

 1 y 2 de noviembre

d)

31 de octubre

2.

What is the purpose of El Dia de los Muertos?

a)

To celebrate the deceased.

b)

To scare people.

c)

To go door to door and get candy.

d)

To dress up in costumes.

3.

El Día de los muertos is

a)

a sad, somber day

b)

Like Halloween

c)

A day of celebration

d)

A day when people mourn.

4.

Think about the movie Coco (if you have seen it).

What member of Miguel's family would be considered LA CATRINA?

a)

Miguel

b)

Ernesto de la Cruz

c)

Dante

d)

Mama Imelda

5.

What's this alebrije's name?

a)

Coco

b)

Dante

c)

Pepita

6.

What does Dia de los Muertos mean?

a)

Day of the Dead

b)

Day of the Skeletons

c)

Day of the Monsters

d)

Day of the Spanish

7.

What is an ofrenda?

a)

an altar/table where people honored the dead

b)

spice that is burned to make an area smell good

c)

bread used to decorate altars

d)

paper decorations

8.

What is pan de muerto?

a)

bread used to decorate altars

b)

Mexican flowers

c)

sugar skulls

d)

spice that is burned to make an area smell good

9.

What is papel picado?

a)

paper decorations

b)

Mexican flowers

c)

altar where people honored the dead

d)

happy skeleton figures

10.

What is a marigold?

a)

a Mexican flower

b)

bread used to decorate an altar

c)

sugar skull

d)

paper decorations

11.

Where is Dia de los Muertos typically celebrated?

a)

Mexico

b)

United States

c)

Canada

d)

China

12.

What is this?

a)

ofrenda

b)

incence

c)

pan de muerto

13.

What is this?

a)

pan de muerto

b)

calacas

c)

incense

d)

marigold

14.

What is this?

a)

papel picado

b)

pan de muerto

c)

marigold

d)

calveras

15.

What is this?

a)

marigold

b)

papel picado

c)

calacas

d)

calveras

16.

Why are candles lit during Dia de los Muertos?

a)

to lead the spirits back home

b)

to keep the spirits away

c)

to keep houses warm

17.

What is an altar?

a)

A table decorated with things about dead family members.

b)

A song people sing.

c)

A type of dance.

d)

Painting your face like a skull.

18.

What is special about Dia de los Muertos?

a)

People make a sad thing very happy.

b)

People sing and scare each other.

c)

Everyone is sad.

d)

Everyone forgets their old family members.

19.

Who or what supposedly returns during this time?

a)

Angels

b)

The spirits of loved ones

c)

Demons

d)

None of the above

20.

One thing people do NOT do on the Day of the Dead is . . .

a)

put out food for the souls of dead relatives.

b)

decorate graves with flowers.

c)

go trick or treating.

d)

remember their loved ones.

21.
Why do mexicans put petals on the ground?
a)
To make the path for the dead
b)
to make it pretty 
c)
to decorate the altar
d)
all of the above
22.

Which of these things is NOT common to see on an altar for a person?

a)

Pictures of the person

b)

The person's favorite food

c)

The person's money

d)

Flowers

23.
What do you call that paper cut outs?
a)
papel picada 
b)
papel de colores 
c)
papel de calaveras
d)
papel picado
24.

Que es?

a)

Una vela

b)

El papel picado

c)

Un altar

d)

Una calavera

25.

Que es?

a)

Una foto

b)

Un altar

c)

El papel picado

d)

Unas flores