Halloween- Intermediate

What is becoming extremely popular?

• haunted houses and mazes

• trick-or-treating 

• horror movie nights

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It is thought that Halloween originated in Celtic Ireland around ... years ago.

• 2000

• 200

• 1200

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The festival celebrated the divide between ... (tick all that apply)

• summer and winter

• light and dark

• spring and autumn

• good and evil

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Why did people wear costumes and masks?

• to avoid harm from evil spirits

• to look better meeting old friends

• to have fun trick-or-treating

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The food was prepared for ...

• those living

• the dead

• for both: the dead and the living

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The Christians celebrated Halloween as well.

• False.

• True.

What did the poor people do for the food they got?

• prayed for the dead relatives

• performed tricks

• sang carols

Halloween was made a festival for the young only in order to ...

• stop vandalism

• have more fun

• get more sweets

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Why did the Irish and Scottish people begin carving turnips (ropes)?

• to scare the evil spirits away

• to light their houses

• to decorate their houses

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In America carved pumpkins became a symbol of Halloween.

• True

• False

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