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1. In the 7th century Pope Boniface IV established All Saints’ Day, _____ on May 13.
1. accordingly
2. originally
3. specially
2. In the following century, perhaps in an effort to supplant the _____ holiday with a Christian observance, it was moved to November 1.
1. saint
2. divine
3. pagan
3. The evening before All Saints’ Day became a holy, or hallowed, _____ and thus Halloween.
1. evermore
2. eve
3. event
4. By the end of the Middle Ages, the secular and the sacred days had _____.
1. confirmed
2. merged
3. submerged
5. The Reformation ¬_____ put an end to the religious holiday among Protestants.
1. generally
2. essentially
3. especially
6. Along with other festivities, the celebration of Halloween was largely _____ among the early American colonists.
1. forbidden
2. spooked
3. gathered
7. When large numbers of immigrants went to the United States beginning in the mid 19th century, they took their Halloween _____ with them.
1. objects
2. customs
3. slanders
8. In the 20th century Halloween became one of the _____ U.S. holidays, particularly among children.
1. permanent
2. particular
3. principal
9. Halloween is the second highest grossing_____ holiday after Christmas.
1. commercial
2. consumer
3. consumption
10. The word “witch” comes from the Old English wicce, _____ “wise woman.”
1. meaning
2. establishing
3. defining
11. According to popular_____, witches held one of their two main meetings, or sabbats, on Halloween night.
1. prejudice
2. belief
3. standing
12. The first known mention of trick-or-treating in print in North America _____ in 1927 in Blackie, Alberta, Canada.
1. originated
2. occurred
3. stated
13. Ireland is_____ believed to be the birthplace of Halloween.
1. graphically
2. typically
3. merely

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