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Say the word slowly, and you'll hear \"hallow\" at the front, an old English word that means\"holy\" or \"saint. \" Tucked onto the end is \"een,\" which is a shortened way of saying \"evening. \" So the spookiest night of  \nthe year is hiding a surprisingly gentle meaning inside its own name.  \nThat \"holy\" clue leads straight to a day you might not expect: November 1, called All Saints' Day. Long ago, Christians set aside this day to honor all the saints, and they gave it another name too, All Hallows' Day, using that same old word for \"holy. \" Big holidays back then often began the evening before, the way Christmas Eve comes before Christmas. The evening before All Hallows' Day was called \"All Hallows' Even,\" and \"even\" was simply an old word for \"evening. \"  \nIf \"All Hallows' Even\" sounds like a mouthful, the people who said it every year thought so too. Over many years, they trimmed the phrase down the way you might shorten a friend's long name into a nickname. \"All Hallows' Even\" slid into \"Hallowe'en,\" with an apostrophe standing in for the missing letters, just like the apostrophe in \"don't. \" Later, people dropped the apostrophe altogether, and the tidy word \"Halloween\" was born.  \nNicknames spread fastest when someone famous uses them, and that's exactly what happened next. In 1785, a Scottish poet named Robert Burns wrote a poem he simply called \"Halloween,\"describing the games and customs people enjoyed on that night. Burns is one of Scotland's most beloved writers, so when his work traveled, the word rode along with it. Reading his poem today is a bit like opening a time capsule, because it shows people celebrating more than two hundred years ago.  \nTime capsules remind us that words, like holidays, carry the past inside them wherever they go. When Scottish and Irish families later sailed to North America, they packed up their customs and their spelling of the night. That's a big reason Americans say \"Halloween\" today, a word that quietly still means \"the holy evening. \"So the next time you carve a pumpkin, remember you're saying a word older than the United States itself.  \nAll Hallows' Eve: How Halloween Got Its Name Name:  \n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What is the main idea of the first paragraph?\u003Cbr>A. Halloween is the spookiest and scariest night of the whole year.\u003Cbr>B. People carve pumpkins on the evening called All Saints' Day.\u003Cbr>C. The name \"Halloween\" is made of two old words joined together.\u003Cbr>D. The word \"Halloween\" was invented by a famous Scottish poet. |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) According to the passage, why do Americans say \"Halloween\" today?\u003Cbr>A. The word was chosen by leaders when the United States was formed.\u003Cbr>B. English teachers created the spelling to make the word easier to read.\u003Cbr>C. Scottish and Irish families brought their customs and spelling to North America.\u003Cbr>D. American writers copied the word straight from Robert Burns's letters. |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.  \u003Cbr>6.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) Why did the evening before All Hallows' Day matter to people long ago?\u003Cbr>A. The evening before was the only time saints could be honored.\u003Cbr>B. People believed evenings were holier than any daytime hours.\u003Cbr>C. The evening before was when Robert Burns first wrote his poem.\u003Cbr>D. Big holidays back then often began the evening before the day itself. |  |  |  |  | 7.  \u003Cbr>8.  \u003Cbr>9.  \u003Cbr>10.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) How does the author help you picture what Burns's poem is like?\u003Cbr>A. The author compares reading it to lighting a candle.\u003Cbr>B. The author compares reading it to opening a time capsule.\u003Cbr>C. The author compares reading it to carving a pumpkin.\u003Cbr>D. The author compares reading it to writing a nickname. |  |  ","cbCaitcEzX6j2IrP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitcEzX6j2IrP","pdf",102078,"English","# All Hallows' Eve: How Halloween Got Its Name\n## Reading and Answer Questions\n### Multiple-choice questions 1-10","[{\"question\":\"What is the main idea of the passage’s first paragraph?\",\"answer\":\"The passage explains that “Halloween” is made from two old words joined together.\"},{\"question\":\"Why do Americans say “Halloween” today, according to the passage?\",\"answer\":\"Scottish and Irish families brought their customs and spelling of the night to North America.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the passage say the apostrophe in “Hallowe’en” stands for?\",\"answer\":\"It stands in for the missing letters that were dropped when the phrase was shortened.\"}]","All Hallows' Eve: How Halloween Got Its Name | PDF",1790807288,18]