What do you know about

Halloween?

Teacher: Giulia Frankenstein

 What is Halloween?
31 st ( ) 31 st ( ) 2nd
Halloween is a holiday celebrated each year on October ____,
Celtic ( ) English ( ) Celtic festival
The tradition originated with the ancient _____
Bonfires ( ) Bonfires ( ) Candles and wear
of Samhain, when people would light ______
costumes
_______ ( ) Fantasy ( ) Costumes to ward off ghosts. In the 18th
____ ( ) 17 th ( ) 18th
century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1st
___ ( ) 1st ( ) 2nd as a time to
honor all saints. Soon, All Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of
Evening ( ) Night ( ) Evening
Samhain. The _______ before was known as All
Hallows Eve, and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a day of
activities like trick-or-treating, carving jack-o-lanterns, festive gatherings,
donning costumes and eating treats.
Who’s Jack O’lantern?
As the story goes, Stingy Jack—often described
as a blacksmith — invited the devil to join him
for a drink. Stingy Jack didn't want to pay for
the drinks from his own pocket and convinced
the devil to turn himself into a coin that could be
used to pay the bill. The devil did so, but Jack
didn’t pay for and kept the devil-coin in his
pocket with a silver cross so that the devil
couldn’t shift back to his original form. Jack
eventually let the devil loose but made him
promise that he wouldn’t seek revenge on Jack,
and wouldn’t claim his soul when he died.
Who’s Jack O’lantern?
Later, Jack irked the devil again by
convincing him to climb up a tree to
pick some fruit, then carved a cross in
the trunk so that the devil couldn’t
climb back down
Jack freed him again, on the condition
that the devil once again not take
revenge and not claim Jack’s soul.
Who’s Jack O’lantern?
When Stingy Jack eventually died, God would
not allow him into heaven, and the devil,
keeping his word, rejected Jack’s soul at the
gates of hell. Instead, the devil gave him a
single burning coal to light his way and sent
him off into the night to “find his own hell.”
Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and
has supposedly been roaming the earth with it
ever since. In Ireland, the ghost lights seen in
the swamps were said to be Jack’s improvised
lantern moving about as his restless soul
wandered the countryside. He and the lights
were named"Jack of the Lantern," or "Jack
O'Lantern.
Old tale, new traditions
As a prank, kids would sometimes wander off
the road with a glowing veggie to trick their
friends and travelers into thinking they were
Stingy Jack or another lost soul. In the USA,
pumpkins were easy enough to come by and
good for carving and got absorbed both into the
carved lantern tradition and the associated
prank. Over time, kids refined the prank and
began carving scary faces into the pumpkins to
everyone on Halloween .
“Jack freed him again, on the condition that
the devil once again would not take revenge or
claim Jack’s soul.”

Complete the sentence:

Jack would free the devil if ...

The devil didn’t take revenge or claimed Jack’s soul
“Jack ___________ let the devil loose, but
made him promise that he wouldn’t seek
revenge on him”

Choose the best word:

a) Eventually
b) Normally
c) Usually
When Stingy Jack eventually died, God
would not allow him into heaven, and
the devil, keeping his word, rejected
Jack’s soul at the gates of hell.

Choose the best replacement for

the word in red

a) Negate
b) Denied
c) unallowed
In the USA, pumpkins were easy
enough to come by and good for
carving

Choose the best replacement for

the word in red

a) Look
b) Seek
c) Get
Who wants to be a
millionaire - game

GAME
 Halloween is celebrated on…

A.) the last Saturday

B.) November 1
of October

C.)October
correct 31
answer D.) the fourth Thursday
C.) st
of November
 Which of the following is NOT normally
associated with Halloween?

A.)
A.)acorrect
rabbit answer B.) a bat

C.) a black cat D.) a crow

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 What do people, especially in the US,
normally carve for Halloween?

A.) turnips B.)pumpkins

B.) correct answer

C.) potatoes D.) beets

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 What do people normally put
inside a jack-o’-lantern ?

A.)
A.)acorrect
candle answer B.) presents

C.) coins D.) candy corn

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 “Trick or Treat. Trick or Treat. Give me
something ______ to eat.”

A.) sweet B.) tasty

C.)
C.)good
correct answer D.) nourishing

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 The name “jack-o’-lantern” comes from
an Irish folktale about a man named…

A.) Jack the Lad B.)Stingy

B.) correctJack
answer

C.) Jack of all trades D.) Jack the Ripper

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 When Jack died, the Devil gave him
_________ to light his way.

A.) an oil lamp B.) a lantern

C.) a candle D.)

D.) acorrect
burning coal
answer

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 What is Halloween NOT associated with?

A.) souling B.)egg

B.) correct answer
hunting

C.) apple bobbing D.) guising

L F
 Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient
_______ festival of Samhain, which marked
the end of the harvest season.

A.) Indian B.) Viking

C.) Roman D.)

D.)Celtic
correct answer

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