What is the most common image/symbol used for Day of the Dead?

• Sugar skull

• A candle

• A picture

• Frida Kahlo

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Where do people typically go to celebrate Day of the Dead?

• Parks

• Cemetery

• Church

• A friend's house

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Why did the Spaniards try to convert the holiday to Catholicism?

• They thought the indigenous people needed a new holiday.

• They did nothing.

• They wanted a new reason to take over the land.

• They thought the ritual to be sacrilegious.

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What do people believe the dead do on Day of the Dead?

• Come back to visit the family

• Go around scaring the living

• Sit in History class

• Stay where they are

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In terms of the feeling surrounding the Day of the Dead, it is not scary but it is _______.

• creepy

• scary

• celebratory

• sad

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What is the traditional flower of Day of the Dead?

• Marigold

• Rose

• Daisy

• Carnation

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What do people make to honor someone who has died?

• Skeleton

• Ofrenda

• PowerPoint

• Painting

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What are two things people decorate the ofrenda with?

• Candles

• Boxes

• Papel Picado

• Roses

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What does Dias de los Muertos mean?

• Day of the Mortars

• Day of the Mouse

• Day of the Skull

• Day of the Dead

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What is an ofrenda?

• An ofrenda is a table for a big meal for your family and friends

• An ofrenda is a skull made of sugar and decorated with icing and glitter

• An ofrenda is a photo of an ancestor in a small metal frame

• An ofrenda is a temporary altar full of offerings to ancestors

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