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    Jack-o-lanterns are lanterns carved out of what?

    • Apples
    • Pumpkins
    • Watermelons
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What do you know about Halloween? Did you know it's roots date back to the Celts and Romans? Test yourself on World Book's Halloween Quiz!

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  • 2. 

    Apples became associated with Halloween because of harvest festivals celebrating what Roman goddess?

    • Diana

    • Pomona

    • Juno

    Correct Answer
    A. Pomona
  • 3. 

    What Christian holy day, established in the 800's, adopted pagan harvest festival customs into its celebration?

    • Halloween

    • All Saint's Day

    • All Soul's Day

    Correct Answer
    A. All Saint's Day
    Explanation
    In the 800's, the church established All Saints' Day on November 1. About two hundred years later, it added All Souls' Day on November 2. This day was set aside for people to pray for friends and family who had died. People made many of the old pagan customs part of this Christian holy day.

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    What group of people first wore costumes during harvest festivals?

    • Celts

    • Romans

    • Germans

    Correct Answer
    A. Celts
    Explanation
    Costumes were worn in Celtic festivities. Adults sometimes wore costumes when they begged house-to-house for a Halloween feast. In County Cork, Ireland, a man wearing a white robe and holding a wooden horse's head led the group. In parts of Scotland, costumed beggars out on Halloween were known as skeklets. In Wales, boys dressed as girls and girls dressed as boys to go house-to-house singing Halloween rhymes.

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    What was the name of the Celtic harvest festival that historians say was the source of the present-day Halloween celebration?

    • Samhain

    • Feralia

    • Carnelevarium

    Correct Answer
    A. Samhain
    Explanation
    Many believe the festival of Samhain to be the beginning of the Celtic year. At Samhain, farmers brought livestock in from summer pastures, and people gathered to build shelter for winter.

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