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That boy is Linus, and this is a scene from \"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,\" a Halloween cartoon that has been on TV for more than fifty years. In it, Linus believes a magical figure called the Great Pumpkin will rise from the most sincere pumpkin patch and bring toys to good children. While he waits all night, his friends go trickor-treating without him.  \nThat striped-shirt believer was dreamed up by a cartoonist named Charles Schulz, who drew the famous \"Peanuts\" comic strip in newspapers. In 1966, Schulz and his team turned his newspaper characters into this half-hour television special. Fans already knew Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, and the rest from the funny pages, so seeing them move and talk on a glowing TV screen felt like magic.  \nMaking them move was slow, careful work, because computers did not draw cartoons back then. Artists hand-painted thousands of separate pictures, then filmed them one at a time so the drawings seemed to walk and wave. If you have ever flipped a stack of doodles to make them wiggle, you have done the same trick, only these artists made about twelve pictures for every single second you watch.  \nAll those hand-drawn pictures needed a sound to match, and a jazz musician named Vince Guaraldi gave the special its cheerful piano music. You have probably heard his bouncy tunes even if you never learned his name, because the same style of music plays in the Christmas Peanuts special too. The gentle piano makes the crisp autumn scenes feel warm, even when poor Charlie Brown ends up with a bag full of rocks instead of candy.  \nThat bag of rocks became one of the most quoted jokes in the whole show, and families still laugh at it every autumn. For decades the special aired once a year on television, so kids had to catch it on the exact night or wait a whole year to see it again. Today you can stream it almost anytime, but thereis still something special about watching Linus keep believing, night after cold night, in a pumpkin that never comes.  \nThe Great Pumpkin on TV  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What is Linus doing in the pumpkin patch during the special?\u003Cbr>A. Waiting all night for the Great Pumpkin to appear\u003Cbr>B. Carving a jack-o'-lantern with Charlie Brown\u003Cbr>C. Handing out candy to trick-or-treaters at the gate\u003Cbr>D. Searching the patch for his lost blanket |  |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) For decades, how often did the special air on television?\u003Cbr>A. Only in December during the winter holidays\u003Cbr>B. Only once a year, so kids had to catch it on the exact night\u003Cbr>C. Every single day throughout October\u003Cbr>D. Whenever families wanted to stream it |  |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.  \u003Cbr>6.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) | In what year did the television special first appear?\u003Cbr>A. 1966 B. 1976 C. 1986 D. 1956 |  |  |  |  | 7.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) | In the third paragraph, what does the word \"hand-painted\" mean?\u003Cbr>A. Drawn very quickly in a single hour\u003Cbr>B. Made by pressing hands into wet paint\u003Cbr>C. Painted only with the color of skin\u003Cbr>D. Colored by people using their hands, not machines |  |  |  |  | 8.  \u003Cbr>9.  \u003Cbr>10.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) | What did Vince Guaraldi add to the special?\u003Cbr>A. The voices of the characters B. The newspaper comic strip\u003Cbr>C. The hand-drawn pictures D. Cheerful piano jazz music |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) | Who created the \"Peanuts\" characters seen in the special?\u003Cbr>A. A musician named Vince Guaraldi B. A cartoonist named Charles\u003Cbr>Schulz\u003Cbr>C. A team of computer animators D. A newspaper editor from 1966 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) | Why did seeing the characters on TV feel like magic to fans?\u003Cbr>A. 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