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If you pictured a caped superhero or a glittering princess, you're about eighty years too early. Back in the 1930s, the closet held homemade sheets turned into ghosts and pointed hats that turned kids into witches. Costumes were stitched at kitchen tables from whatever was lying around, because store-bought outfits were a luxury few families could afford during the Great Depression.  \nThose ghostly sheets and witch hats didn't stay in fashion forever, and the reason they changed says alot about what Americans were watching. By the 1950s and 1960s, kids clomped down sidewalks dressed as cowboys, and then, as the United States and the Soviet Union raced to launch rockets and reach the Moon, astronauts and aliens took over the night. Can you imagine a whole neighborhood of tiny space explorers in silver suits? That's exactly what the space race did to trick-or-treating, turning headlines about rockets into ideas for costumes.  \nIf the space race sent kids to the stars, television and movies soon pulled them into other worlds entirely. Superheroes with capes, princesses in flowing gowns, and characters from popular films began to fill doorsteps every October. A costume, it turns out, is a little like a mirror held up to whatever a country is excited about that year. When a new movie became a hit, you could practically count on seeing its heroes ringing doorbells the very next Halloween.  \nWondering how anyone actually keeps track of all these changing trends? Since the 2000s, a National Retail Federation survey has asked thousands of Americans each year what they plan to dress as, then ranks the most popular choices. Some answers barely budge: superheroes, witches, and princesses show up near the top again and again, like old friends who never leave the party. The survey also counts costumes for pets, because plenty of dogs and cats spend the holiday dressed as pumpkins and hot dogs, whether they like it or not.  \nThat yearly survey matters for more than just bragging rights about the coolest costume. The choices people make reveal what a generation loves, fears, and celebrates, which is why historians and companies pay close attention to them. Your grandparents once pulled a bedsheet over their heads; you might zip into a superhero suit; and someday kids will dress as things nobody has invented yet. A costume is only cloth and cardboard, yet it captures a moment in time as neatly as a photograph. The wildest part is that the humble ghost sheet, one of the oldest costumes of all, still haunts doorways today, refusing to go out of style.  \nPopular Halloween Costumes Through the Decades Name:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) According to the passage, what did most Halloween costumes look like in the 1930s?\u003Cbr>A. Flowing princess gowns copied from popular movies\u003Cbr>B. Homemade sheets turned into ghosts and pointed hats for witches\u003Cbr>C. Store-bought superhero suits with molded plastic masks\u003Cbr>D. Silver space suits inspired by rockets and astronauts |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.  \u003Cbr>4. |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) Which claim in the passage is supported by evidence rather than left unexplained?\u003Cbr>A. Homemade costumes look better than store-bought ones\u003Cbr>B. Pets enjoy wearing their Halloween costumes\u003Cbr>C. Certain costumes rank near the top year after year in the survey\u003Cbr>D. Future kids will invent the best costumes of all |  |  |  |  | 5.  \u003Cbr>6.  \u003Cbr>7.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) What is the central idea the author develops throughout the article?\u003Cbr>A. Halloween is celebrated the same way in every country\u003Cbr>B. Homemade costumes are always better than store-bought ones\u003Cbr>C. Pet costumes have become more popular than kids' costumes\u003Cbr>D. Costumes reflect what Americans are excited about in each era |  |  |  |  | 8.  \u003Cbr>9.  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