What were three activities mentioned in the passage?
carving jack-o-lanterns, trick-or-treating, and "haunted houses"
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What is the ancient Celtic festival called?
Samhain (saa-win)
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What does the color orange symbolize?
Vibrant colors of crops and the work of the harvest season.
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Why did people celebrate Samhain (saa-win)?
It was the end of the harvest season.
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What does mass-produced mean?
The constructing or making of things in huge quantities.
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What immigrants "carried over" traditional halloween celebrations?
Irish and Scottish
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When the tradition of carving scary faces first started, what did people use?
turnips
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What does the word "boundaries" mean in this sentence: "The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31st the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped."
Border, area, or dividing line
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What does the color black symbolize?
The death of summer.
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What did the ancient Gaels believe happened on Oct. 31st?
The worlds of the living and the dead overlap.
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How did the carving of Jack-o-Lanterns originate?
People believed carving scary faces would scare away evil spirits.
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What does the word vibrant mean in this sentence? "Orange symbolized the vibrant colors of their crops and the work of the harvest season."