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- The date for Halloween is
- October 31
- November 31
- September 30
- October 30
- Many Halloween customs began with
- the Druids of ancient Gaul and Britain
- the Romans
- the Greeks
- the early Christians
- The Druids believed that evil spirits roamed the earth
- on the evening before November 1
- on Christmas Eve
- on October 1
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- All Saints' Day or All Hallow's Day is on
- November 1
- October 1
- October 31
- October 30
- Originally jack-o'-lanterns were made from
- turnips or potatoes
- pumpkins
- oranges
- apples
- Many children collect money on Halloween to help
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- UNESCO
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- Most jack-o'-lanterns in Canada are made from
- pumpkins
- turnips
- apples
- watermelons
- All Halloween treats should be
- checked by your parents
- collected only on your own street
- wrapped in plastic
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- The best colour to wear when Halloween trick-or-treating is
- white
- black
- purple
- blue
- When trick-or-treating, you should carry a
- flashlight
- plastic bag
- pumpkin
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- Frankinstein was
- a doctor
- a monster
- a werewolf
- a warlock
- A male witch is known as
- a warlock
- a gremlin
- a vampire
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- It is believed that vampires can turn into
- bats
- birds
- devils
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- Halloween was once known as
- All Hallows' Eve
- All Saints' Day
- Easter
- Valentines
- Small children should have someone older with them trick-or-treating.
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- Be sure you can see through your mask when trick-or-treating
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- Trick-or-treating was probably brought to America by
- Irish immigrants
- Pilgrims
- Christopher Columbus
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- Old Nick, Old Scratch, Lucifer, and Beelzebub are names for
- the devil
- a witch
- a zombie
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- An evil spirit or demon that served a witch or wizard was called
- a familiar
- a servant
- a pet
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- According to a superstition, an unlucky number is
- thirteen
- seven
- three
- five
- According to superstition, you can prevent bad luck by
- knocking on wood
- tapping a metal bar
- crossing the path of a black cat
- walking under a ladder
- In seventeenth-century England, a Jack-o'-lantern was
- a night watchman carrying his lantern
- a pumpkin
- a potato
- a flower
- Before pumpkins were discovered, Jack-o'-lanterns were made from
- turnips
- apples
- oranges
- potatoes
- For the ancient Celts, the first day of winter was
- November 1
- December 1
- January 1
- February 1
- The Celts called their summer's end festival
- Samhain
- Christmas
- Thanksgiving
- Halloween
- A Halloween custom is Scotland is
- burning a model witch on a bonfire
- dressing up as witches
- going trick-or-treating on broomsticks
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- On October 31, the Druids tried to protect themselves
- by lighting huge bonfires
- by going trick-or-treating
- by wearing crosses
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- The Pilgrims considered Halloween to be
- a heathen feast
- an important holiday
- a night to have fun and play tricks
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- The most famous Halloween games use
- apples
- pumpkins
- potatoes
- turnips
- Grabbing an apple with your teeth from a tub of water is known as
- bobbing for apples
- snapping for apples
- swimming for apples
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- Priests of the ancient Celts were known as
- Druids
- Ministers
- Phantoms
- Warlocks
- A misguided belief in magic and charms is known as
- a superstition
- a religion
- an enchantment
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- At first Halloween was known as
- the Festival of the Dead
- All Saints' Day
- All Hallows' Day
- New Years' Eve
- At Halloween in Wales, people used to fear
- a ghostly black pig without a tail
- a witch with a beard
- a black cat on a broomstick
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- Halloween used to be a time for bonfires.
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- At Halloween girls once believed they could learn whom they would marry.
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- False
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- Christians remember all the saints who are dead and in heaven on
- All Saints Day, November 1
- All Souls Day, November 2
- Halloween, October 31
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- Christians remember all Christians who have died
- on All Souls' Day, November 2
- on All Saints' Day, November 1
- on Halloween, October 31
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- For the Celtic people, the most-feared night of the year was
- October 31
- May 31
- December 31
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- Groups of witches were known as
- covens
- herds
- parties
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- The favourite colours for Halloween are
- black and orange
- red and green
- black and green
- orange and yellow
- A man so mean he could not get into heaven or hell gave his name to
- the Jack-o'-lantern
- the village of Salem
- the city of London
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- Witches were believed able to fly on
- broomsticks
- bats
- horses
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- Scottish children believe fairies will bring a new brother or sister
- if they put cabbages around the door or windows
- if they leave treats out for the fairies
- if they have a pumpkin in the window
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- Black cats were believed to be partners of
- witches
- goblins
- ghosts
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- The first jack-o'-lanterns were made by the Irish from
- potatoes and turnips
- pumpkins
- apples
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- Which monster was a man who could turn into a wolf?
- a werewolf
- a vampire
- a troll
- an imp
- Dracula was from
- Transylvania
- Japan
- England
- France
- The Loch Ness Monster is from
- Scotland
- France
- Ireland
- Canada
- The Abominable Snowman is from
- the Himalayan Mountains
- the Rocky Mountains
- the Andes Mountains
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- The Mummy is a monster from
- Egypt
- France
- China
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- Godzilla is a monster from
- Japan
- China
- Hawaii
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- Mirrors will not reflect
- a vampire
- Frankenstein
- a mummy
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- A one-eyed monster was called
- the Cyclops
- Frankenstein
- Godzilla
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- A man who changed into a monster was
- Dr. Jekyl
- Dr. Frankenstein
- Ygor
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- An actor who was famous for playing monsters was
- Boris Karloff
- Thomas Edison
- John Wayne
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