The Halloween English test!

Foto: Halloween-Kürbisse, die von Schüler_innen der Klasse Soz 17 der Sozialassistentenausbildung im Rahmen des Interkulturellen Kalenders gebastelt wurden.

Choose the right answer for each question below:

1. Where does Halloween originally come from?

• From Germany
• From France
• From the USA/Ireland

2. What is a pumpkin?

• a haunted house
• a large orange vegetable
• a small child

3. On Halloween children go door-to-door saying

• We love you!
• We wish you a Merry Christmas!
• Trick or treat?

4. People who open the door give children

• some candies or sweets
• money
• a smile

5. Who or what is Jack-o-Lantern?

• nickname of Campus’ janitor
• the spirit of a dead person
• a carved pumpkin usually with a candle burning inside

6. Children on Halloween dress up in all sorts of frightening costumes. Why?

• to impress their parents and teachers
• to frighten away the evil spirits
• to have fun

7. Which are most favourite costumes that children wear on Halloween?

• costumes of princes and princesses
• costumes of witches, skeletons, ghosts and goblins
• costumes of animals

8. What do people usually on Halloween?

• celebrate parties
• watch scary movies
• bake pumpkin cakes