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Dia de los Muertos quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Dia 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 something you might find on an ofrenda?

a)

Marigolds

b)

Photos of ancestors

c)

Offerings of food

d)

All these things

3.

What other 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

4.

Why does food play such a part of Dia de los Muertos?

a)

To remember what the ancestors loved to eat and drink as a a part of their memory

b)

It is a good way to make money in the town you live in.

c)

People are always hungry

d)

No one really knows since the Aztecs did not have any way to write things down.

5.

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 pass through to our ancestors

d)

Because they are cheap and easy to find

6.

When is "Día de los Muertos"?

a)

September 16 and 17

b)

December 24 and 25

c)

November 1st and 2nd

d)

July 4th and 5th

7.

What type of flowers is associated with "Día de los Muertos"?

a)

Marigolds

b)

roses

c)

sunflowers

d)

daisies

8.

The purpose of the holiday is to.....

a)

remember loved ones

b)

eat food with family

c)

Watch Coco a lot

d)

get school off for two days

9.

What is an "ofrenda"?

a)

A sugar skull

b)

An altar

c)

a doll

d)

the cemetary

10.

Dia de los Muertos is a sad holiday - T or F

a)

True

b)

False

11.
What is the type of flower that they put on their altars and at the grave sites?
a)
lillies
b)
orchids
c)
marigolds
d)
roses
12.
Halloween and Dias de Los Muertos are the same thing.
a)
Falso
b)
Cierto
13.

Why is Dia de los Muertos celebrated?

a)

to honor and remember loved ones that have passed away

b)

to celebrate scary ghosts

c)

to send evil spirits away

14.

Where is Dia de los Muertos typically celebrated?

a)

Mexico

b)

United States

c)

Canada

d)

China

15.

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