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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
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
UNICEF
UNESCO
UNIFORM
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
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
Frankinstein was
a doctor
a monster
a werewolf
a warlock
A male witch is known as
a warlock
a gremlin
a vampire
It is believed that vampires can turn into
bats
birds
devils
Halloween was once known as
All Hallows' Eve
All Saints' Day
Easter
Valentines
Small children should have someone older with them trick-or-treating.
true
false
Be sure you can see through your mask when trick-or-treating
true
false
Trick-or-treating was probably brought to America by
Irish immigrants
Pilgrims
Christopher Columbus
Old Nick, Old Scratch, Lucifer, and Beelzebub are names for
the devil
a witch
a zombie
An evil spirit or demon that served a witch or wizard was called
a familiar
a servant
a pet
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
On October 31, the Druids tried to protect themselves
by lighting huge bonfires
by going trick-or-treating
by wearing crosses
The Pilgrims considered Halloween to be
a heathen feast
an important holiday
a night to have fun and play tricks
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
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
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
Halloween used to be a time for bonfires.
True
False
At Halloween girls once believed they could learn whom they would marry.
True
False
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
Christians remember all Christians who have died
on All Souls' Day, November 2
on All Saints' Day, November 1
on Halloween, October 31
For the Celtic people, the most-feared night of the year was
October 31
May 31
December 31
Groups of witches were known as
covens
herds
parties
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
Witches were believed able to fly on
broomsticks
bats
horses
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
Black cats were believed to be partners of
witches
goblins
ghosts
The first jack-o'-lanterns were made by the Irish from
potatoes and turnips
pumpkins
apples
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
The Mummy is a monster from
Egypt
France
China
Godzilla is a monster from
Japan
China
Hawaii
Mirrors will not reflect
a vampire
Frankenstein
a mummy
A one-eyed monster was called
the Cyclops
Frankenstein
Godzilla
A man who changed into a monster was
Dr. Jekyl
Dr. Frankenstein
Ygor
An actor who was famous for playing monsters was
Boris Karloff
Thomas Edison
John Wayne