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Picture a wooden tub filled with cool water, apples drifting on top like little red boats. Players kneel with their hands behind their backs and lunge, chins first, trying to trap a bobbing apple with only their teeth. It sounds like harmless party chaos, and it is, but the game began as something far more serious than a game. Believe it or not, that splashing tub carries a story older than the United States itself.  \nThat old story starts with the harvest, not with Halloween candy. Long before pumpkins and porch lights, the ancient Celts of Britain and Ireland ended the growing season with a festival called Samhain, held around the start of November. Apples were one of the last fruits gathered before winter, so they became prizes at the celebration, sometimes hung on strings for a game people called snap-apple. In that version, apiece of fruit dangled from a beam, and players jumped and snapped at it with their mouths while it swung teasingly away. Missing it a dozen times was part of the fun, and catching it was supposed to be a lucky sign.  \nBeing lucky was exactly the point, because to many people these apple games were fortune-telling dressed up as play. In the 1800s, young people at parties told a story that the first person to bite a bobbing apple would be the next to marry. Others peeled an apple in one long ribbon, tossed the peel over a shoulder, and squinted to see if it landed in the shape of a letter, believing it spelled a sweetheart's initial. None of it truly predicted anything, of course, but the giggling and guessing turned an ordinary apple into a tiny crystal ball. For one evening, a piece of fruit could feel like it held a secret about your whole life.  \nThose flirty fortune games sailed across the ocean and landed at American Halloween parties in the early 1900s. Hosts turned their parlors into playrooms, setting out apple tubs, blindfold games, and bowls of nuts to roast in the fire. Magazines of the day printed party plans, and suddenly bobbing for apples was the must-have event for a proper Halloween gathering. The old fortune-telling faded into a joke, but the tub of apples stuck around because it was simply too much fun to drop.  \nThat stubborn fun is why you might still spot an apple tub today, even as people worry about  \nsharing one bowl of water. Many schools and parties now play safer versions, hanging apples from strings or having each player use a clean cup, so the game survives without the shared germs. Think about that the next time your chin is dripping and an apple keeps slipping away. You are playing something the Celts would recognize, a harvest game that once pretended to read the future. Not bad for a piece of fruit you could buy for pocket change.  \nBobbing for Apples and Other Halloween Games Name:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) According to the passage, what is the main idea the author develops about bobbing for apples?\u003Cbr>A. A harmless snack game was banned because sharing water spread illness.\u003Cbr>B. A modern party game was invented by American magazines in the early 1900s.\u003Cbr>C. A simple party game grew out of an old harvest custom once tied to fortunetelling.\u003Cbr>D. A Celtic religious ritual was turned into a candy-hunting contest for children. |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.  \u003Cbr>4.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) Which statement best captures the author's point of view about the game?\u003Cbr>A. The game should be avoided because sharing water is always dangerous.\u003Cbr>B. The game truly predicts who a player will one day marry.\u003Cbr>C. The game was more meaningful when it was still a serious ritual.\u003Cbr>D. The game endures because it is simply too much fun to give up. |  |  |  |  | 5.  \u003Cbr>6.  \u003Cbr>7.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) Why does th","cbCaiuexcNsUIb2M","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuexcNsUIb2M","pdf",104192,"English","# Comprehension Questions\n## Main Idea and Author’s Point of View\n## Purpose of Details (Celts, Winter Fruits)\n## How the Opening Paragraph Sets Up the Article\n## Safer Modern Ways to Play\n## Samhain Festival Practices\n## Figurative Language: “Tiny Crystal Ball” Comparison","[{\"question\":\"What is the main idea of the passage about bobbing for apples?\",\"answer\":\"A simple party game grew out of an older harvest custom that was once tied to fortune-telling.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the author mention that apples were among the last fruits gathered before winter?\",\"answer\":\"It explains why apples became prizes worth playing games for at the harvest festival.\"},{\"question\":\"How do people play bobbing for apples more safely today?\",\"answer\":\"They hang apples from strings or give each player a clean cup to avoid sharing the same bowl of water.\"}]","Bobbing for Apples and Other Halloween Games - Name: Solve Each Problem | PDF",1790807181,12]