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Día de los Muertos

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the dates of Día de los Muertos?

a)

October 31-November 2

b)

November 1 & November 2

c)

October 30 & October 31

d)

October 30 - November 2

2.

This is used as a decoration for many Hispanic celebrations.

a)
papel picado
b)

pan de muerto

c)

papel de muerto

d)

pan picado

3.
Los Dias de los Muertos is a celebration to...
a)
mourn the loss of a loved ones
b)
dress as a skeleton and trick or treat
c)
attend street festivals
d)
to remember deceased loved ones
4.

Halloween and Día de los Muertos are the same.

a)

Cierto (True)

b)

Falso (False)

5.
The Spanish translation for Day of the Dead is:
a)
All Saints Day
b)
All Souls Day
c)
Mi día favorito
d)
Día de los Muertos
6.
People in what country have celebrated Dia de los Muertos for thousands of years?
a)
Portugal
b)
USA
c)
Spain
d)
Mexico
7.

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.

8.
The day of the Dead celebration is now a combination of ___ and ___ beliefs and rituals. 
a)

Aztec/Catholic

b)

Aztec/Muslim

c)

Mayan/Muslim

d)

Mayan/Catholic

9.
At the cemetery, what do families do?
a)
Clean and decorate tombs, tell stories 
b)
Cry and remain silent
10.
What is an "ofrenda"?
a)
food
b)
cemeteries
c)
offerings
d)
parade
11.
What is the day of the dead bread called in Spanish?
a)
Pan de muerto
b)
Pan de los vivo
c)
Pan de los niños
d)
Pan de los perros
12.
Who is this fancy lady?
a)
My Grandma
b)

Frida Kahlo

c)
La Catrina
d)

Kathy

13.

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

a)

a rose.

b)

a marigold.

c)

a sunflower.

d)

a daisy.

14.

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.

15.

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

a)

sad

b)

scary

c)

strange

d)

happy

16.

Bread of the Dead

a)

flor

b)

calavera

c)

pan de muertos

d)

calaca

17.

Which of the following is NOT associated with "Día de los Muertos"?

a)

All Souls' Day

b)

All Saints' Day

c)

All Hallows Eve

18.

What is the Mexican perspective of death?

a)

to celebrate with humor and joy and see death as the beginning of eternal life

b)

to mourn in sadness each year on this day

c)

to avoid death and ignore when loved ones pass on

d)

to sit an home and listen to sad movies and see death as the end of both physical and eternal life

19.

Which is something you would NOT bring to an altar or gravesite of a loved one?

a)

photo

b)

food

c)

water

d)

jack-o-lantern

20.

Match the following

a)

Pan de Muerto

1.

Bread of the Dead

b)

Calacas

2.

Dressed up full-bodied skeletons

c)

Calaveras

3.

Skulls

d)

Ofrenda

4.

Altar for the dead

e)

Muerte

5.

Death