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That town is Anoka, and it proudly calls itself the Halloween Capital of the World. You might assume a title that grand belongs to a big city, but Anoka has fewer than 20,000 residents. What it lacks in size it makes up for with a claim almost no other place can match: it says it held one of the very first citywide Halloween celebrations in the United States.  \nBefore those cheerful parades, though, Halloween in Anoka looked a lot messier. Back around 1920, October 31 was less about candy and more about mischief, when local kids soaped windows, tipped over outhouses, and even let farm animals wander loose in the streets. Business owners and parents grew tired of cleaning up the chaos every November morning. So instead of simply punishing the pranksters, the town's leaders tried something clever: they decided to give the children something better to do.  \nThat clever idea turned into a party the whole town could share. In 1920, community leaders and civic groups organized a grand parade with costumes, marching bands, and treats handed out to every child who showed up. The plan worked because it swapped destruction for celebration, giving young people a reason to have fun without wrecking anything. People loved it so much that the event returned the next year, and the year after that, growing bigger with each October.  \nAs the crowds kept swelling, Anoka's little party earned a title worthy of a much larger place. In the following years the town began billing itself as the Halloween Capital of the World, and the nickname stuck for good. Today the celebration has ballooned into a weeks-long festival, complete with multiple parades, a house-decorating contest, a 5K run, and a royal Halloween court chosen from local residents. Can you imagine a town crowning ambassadors just for Halloween? Anoka does exactly that, and its Grand Day Parade still draws tens of thousands of spectators lining the sidewalks.  \nIt's easy to see this story as just a fun bit of small-town history, but it matters for a bigger reason. Anoka's experiment showed that a community can steer behavior not by cracking down harder, but by offering people something worth choosing instead. That idea — replacing a problem with a better opportunity — is one towns and schools still use today when they plan events to keep young people busy and safe. The next time you pull on a costume, remember that a century ago a few frustrated Minnesotans turned a night of trouble into a party that never really ended.  \nThe Halloween Capital of the World  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What central idea does the passage mainly develop?\u003Cbr>A. A large American city invented the modern Halloween costume parade.\u003Cbr>B. Minnesota winters made trick-or-treating too dangerous for children.\u003Cbr>C. A town replaced Halloween mischief with an organized celebration that became famous.\u003Cbr>D. Business owners banned Halloween because of expensive property damage. |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.  \u003Cbr>4. |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) Which statement about the parade is a claim the author supports with evidence?\u003Cbr>A. Every town in Minnesota copied Anoka's Halloween idea.\u003Cbr>B. The celebration attracts more visitors than any city festival.\u003Cbr>C. The event kept returning and growing because people loved it.\u003Cbr>D. The parade is the oldest continuous festival in the entire world. |  |  |  |  | 5.  \u003Cbr>6.  \u003Cbr>7.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) Why did the town's plan to hold a parade succeed?\u003Cbr>A. It threatened pranksters with harsh punishments after the holiday.\u003Cbr>B. It swapped destruction for celebration, giving kids a fun reason not to cause damage.\u003Cbr>C. 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