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Your job is to grab an apple using only your teeth, with your hands held behind your back! You lean over, and splash, your whole face goes into the water. This soggy, giggly game is called bobbing for apples, and people have played it for hundreds of years.  \nThose bobbing apples first floated at old harvest festivals, long before there were Halloween parties. Fall was apple-picking season, so families had baskets and baskets of fresh apples to use. In one game called snap-apple, an apple was tied to a string and hung from the ceiling. Players had to catch the swinging apple with their teeth, and it was even trickier than bobbing because it kept spinning away.  \nCatching an apple was hard, but people once believed an apple could tell you a secret. In the 1800s, some folks told a fun story that the first person to grab an apple would be the next to get married. Others played a game where you peeled an apple in one long curl, then tossed the peel over your shoulder to see what letter it made. These fortune games were just for laughs at parties, kind of like reading a joke from a candy wrapper.  \nBy the early 1900s, American families were throwing whole parties built around these silly apple games. Because a wet face and a spinning apple can be messy, many schools today play safer versions instead. Kids might race to bite a doughnut hanging from a string, keeping the fun without the giant tub of water. The next time you dunk for an apple, remember you are playing a game older than your great-great-grandparents!  \n Bobbing for Apples and Other Halloween Games Name:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What must players keep behind their backs while bobbing for apples?\u003Cbr>A. Their strings B. Their feet C. Their hands D. Their baskets |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2. |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) In the passage, what does the word \"fortune games\" mean?\u003Cbr>A. Games that pretend to tell what might happen to you\u003Cbr>B. Games that are played only at school\u003Cbr>C. Games that cost a lot of money to play\u003Cbr>D. Games that use only real gold coins |  |  |  |  | 3.  \u003Cbr>4.  \u003Cbr>5.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) Where did bobbing apples first appear?\u003Cbr>A. At early school parties B. At apple-baking contests\u003Cbr>C. At old harvest festivals D. At fortune-telling shows |  |  |  |  | 6.  \u003Cbr>7.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) How did people play the apple-peel game?\u003Cbr>A. They baked a peel into a fortune pie\u003Cbr>B. They floated a peel in a tub of water\u003Cbr>C. They tossed a long peel over the shoulder to see its letter\u003Cbr>D. They hung a peel from the ceiling by a string |  |  |  |  | 8.  \u003Cbr>9.  \u003Cbr>10.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) What did people in the 1800s tell a fun story about an apple grabber?\u003Cbr>A. That the person would find gold\u003Cbr>B. That the person would be the next to get married\u003Cbr>C. That the person would win a prize\u003Cbr>D. That the person would grow taller |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) What is this passage mostly about?\u003Cbr>A. Games people play at Halloween using apples\u003Cbr>B. The best way to bake an apple pie\u003Cbr>C. How apples are grown on farms in fall\u003Cbr>D. Why doughnuts are eaten at parties |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) Why did families have baskets of apples for these games?\u003Cbr>A. Because apples float well in water\u003Cbr>B. Because fall was apple-picking season\u003Cbr>C. Because stores sold cheap apples\u003Cbr>D. Because apples could tell fortunes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 1-10 | 90 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 |\n\nReading [www.CommonCoreSheets.com](www.CommonCoreSheets.com) Page 2 of 3  \n8) In the game snap-apple, how was the apple set up?  \nA. It was tossed over a player's shoulder  \nB. It was tied to a string and hung from the ceiling  \nC. It was floated in a tub of cool water  \nD. 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