1. Halloween means...

    Holy Evening

    hello Eve

    Witch Hall

2. It takes place on the eve before...

    Christmas Day

    Guy Fawkes' Day

    All Saints' Day

3. In ancient Britain and Ireland, Oct.31 marked the eve of the new year and the pagan Celtic festival of Samhain.

    True

    False

4. All Saints' Day was a Catholic mass "first celebrated on May 13, A.D. 610 as the feast of All Holy Martyrs."

    True

    False

5. The main event of Halloween is trick-or-treating in which children dress up in costume disguises and go door-to-door in their neighbourhood...

    scaring people

    ringing the bell

    telling spooky jokes

6. When they yell "Trick or treat!" the neighbours must...

    say "trick or treat" too.

    give them candies and chocolate bars.

    tell them a ghost story.

7. Typical Halloween costumes have traditionally been mythological beings such as fairies, ogres, elfs and goblins.

    True

    False

8. In recent years, it has become common for costumes to be based on...

    TV show or movie characters.

    witches, devils, ghosts and goblins.

    politicians and artists.

9. The reason for wearing such scary costumes on Hallowe'en was to welcome the souls of the dead, who were thought to come back and visit their relatives' homes.

    True

    False

10. Where is it most commonly celebrated?

    Spain

    Britain

    Ireland

    The USA

11. After the September 11 attacks, costumes of ............... became popular among children in the USA.

    Dracula and witches

    firefighters and police officers

    Bin Laden and Sadam Hussein

    Fidel Castro and George Bush

12. In 2004, an estimated 2.15 million children in the United States are expected to dress up as ..........., the year's most popular costume.

    Jack-o'-Lantern

    Evil Witchie

    Superman

    Spiderman

13. Teenagers and adults often celebrate Halloween with costume parties instead of asking for treats (presents).

    True

    False

14. What colours are associated with Hallowe'en?

    Black and red

    Red and white

    Orange and black

15. Jack-o'-Lanterns are created using a big......

    Pumpkin

    Potato

    Watermelon

    Papaya

16. In North America, unmarried women who looked into a mirror on Halloween night, the spirits of the dead would appear in the mirror to communicate with the living.

    True

    False

17. What is this called?

18. And this monster?

19. People find this very scary. What is it?

    a skeleton

    a vampire

    a ghost