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What festivity was created by the Christians to make people forget Samhain?
 
All Hallows Day
 
All Souls Day
 
Dia de los Muertos
 
Thanksgiving
Why did people start the tradition of trick-or-treating on Halloween?
 
Get food in exchange for prayers for souls in the purgatory
 
To get free candy
 
To play pranks on their neighbors
 
To dress up in costumes
What was the name given to the carved pumpkin on Halloween?
 
Jack o'Lantern
 
Jack the Ripper
 
Jack o'Pump
 
Jack the Scarecrow
What did the Irish immigrants discover when they came to America?
 
A) Pumpkins were better for carving than turnips.
 
B) Watermelons were great for Halloween.
 
A) and B)
 
None of the others
What did Stingy Jack use to light his way after being banished from heaven and hell?
 
A burning coal in a carved turnip
 
A flashlight
 
A candle
 
A magic lantern
What was the name of the man who tricked the devil in the Halloween tradition?
 
Stingy Jack
 
Ebenezer Scrooge
 
Ichabod Crane
 
Dracula
What did the Irish people ORIGINALLY carve to prevent spirits from entering their houses?
 
Turnips
 
Apples
 
Potatoes
 
Pumpkins
What did the Celts do to scare away bad spirits on Halloween?
 
A) and B)
 
A) Wear costumes
 
B) Light bonfires
 
None of the others
What did the Celts believe happened on the night before their new year?
 
A) and B)
 
A) Limits between our world and the other disappeared
 
B) Ghosts would come to the world of the living
 
None of the others
What is the ancient name for Halloween that the Celts celebrated on October 31st?
 
Samhain
 
All Saints' Day
 
Lemuria
 
Dia de los Muertos
Where did the Celts who started the Halloween tradition live?
 
Ireland
 
England
 
Scotland
 
Wales
What civilization started the tradition of Halloween over 2,000 years ago?
 
The Celts
 
The Romans
 
The Greeks
 
The Egyptians
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