Halloween

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English

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8th - 11th Grade

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Hard

Cherane Christopher

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38 Slides • 32 Questions

Multiple Choice

When is Halloween?

October 4th

October 31st

October 21st

November 1st

Multiple Choice

Halloween is only celebrated in America

True

False

Multiple Choice

What of these are Halloween decorations?

Christmas Tree

Mosque

Jack O Lanterns

Ang pow

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Select

Things people love to do during Halloween are

Watch scary movies

Trick or treating

Decorate houses with scary decorations

Cosplay

Make a wish

Multiple Choice

What ancient culture is Halloween derived from?

The Romans

The Greeks

The Celts

The French

Multiple Choice

What ancient tradition is Halloween based on?

Samhain

Saturnalia

Christmas

Festivus

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Who designated November 1 "All Saints Day" because he did not like the attention Halloween was getting?

The King of England

The Holy Roman Emperor

George Washington

The Pope

Multiple Choice

Before Halloween was called "Halloween", it was called something else. What was it?

Thanksgiving

All Saints Day

Death Day

All Hallows Eve

Multiple Choice

What culture conquered the Celts and combined their culture with their own?

The Greeks

The Germans

The Russians

The Romans

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According to the ancients, what happened on Halloween?

The devil roams the earth for twenty-four hours.

The living are literally able to raise the dead.

A really rocking party that's what.

The lines between the living and the dead were blurred.

Multiple Choice

When is All Saints' Day?

31 October

1 November

2 November

3 November

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Why do people celebrate All Saints' Day?

To have more days of obligation in a year

To commemorate those who have attained heaven

To pray for the souls in Purgatory

So we can be holy

Multiple Choice

The immigration of these people in the nineteenth century dramatically increased the popularity of Halloween in the United States.

The Germans

The Irish

The Italians

The Chinese

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Why did the original celebrants of Halloween think costumes were necessary?

Because costumes are cool.

Because costumes ward off ghosts.

Because it is fun to trick your friends.

Trick question. They did not wear costumes.

Multiple Choice

American Halloween today is …

less scary than in the past.

scarier than in the past.

less popular than when the first people came to America.

similar to the way the Native Americans celebrated the end of the harvest.

Multiple Choice

Which of these groups did NOT influence the origins of Halloween?

Celts

Romans

Christians

Americans

Multiple Choice

In the 19th century, immigrants to the U.S. revived some of the ancient traditions of "souling" and "guising." This became known as _____________

Treat or tricking

Trick or treating

Stealing Candy from Kids

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Halloween was popularized in the U.S. mainly by immigrants from which country?

Russia

Japan

Ireland

El Salvador

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Which sentence about Halloween is true?

Halloween is still changing today.

Halloween has not changed much.

Halloween will probably not change much in the future

Halloween will be replaced by the Day of the Dead.

Multiple Choice

True or False?
Trick-or-treating was popularized as a way to reduce town-wide pranking and vandalism.

True

False

Multiple Choice

The first Jack-O-Lanterns were made with____

Turnips

pumkins

potato

pinapple

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The word Halloween means_________

tiny pumkins

All hallow's eve

Scary monsters

the night of fright

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The modern, family-friendly and child-centered Halloween has been celebrated since the...

1800s

1920s

1950s

1980s

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Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?

Vegetable

Fruit

Multiple Choice

Which of these ingredients was used to make the first candy apple?

cinnamon candies

cherry jell-o powder

melted cherry lollipops

red caramel

Multiple Choice

How did the tradition of bobbing for apples get started?

It was a matchmaking game for young singles.

A health organization started it as an alternative to trick-or-treating.

Superstitious people thought it would ward off ghosts.

It marked the end of the apple harvest.

Multiple Choice

An animal that symbolizes evil and bad luck

Bat

Black cat

Owl

Lizard

Multiple Choice

What is a Jack- o-lantern?

A carved pumpkin

A flying bat

A type of game

A cooked turnip

Multiple Choice

What do we dress up in during Halloween?

Uniforms

Elegant clothes

Costumes

Swimsuit

Draw

Draw Ms Cherane in Halloween costume.

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