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Formost of history, dressing up on this night was far stranger and far more homemade than that. The tradition stretches back more than two thousand years to an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain, held around November 1st in what is now Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. People believed that on that night the boundary between the living and the dead grew thin, so some wore disguises made of animal skins and rough masks to blend in with any wandering spirits. In other words, the very first Halloween costumes were less about candy and more about hiding in plain sight.  \nHiding in plain sight eventually turned into knocking on doors for a treat. In Scotland and Ireland, a custom called \"guising\" grew up, where children put on disguises and went house to house performing a song, a poem, or a joke in exchange for food or coins. The word \"guising\" comes from \"disguise,\" and it is the great-grandparent of modern trick-or-treating. A guiser might blacken a face with soot or wear an old sheet, because store-bought outfits simply did not exist yet. When families from these countries sailed to North America in the 1800s, they packed these traditions in their memories and carried them across the ocean.  \nThose memories bloomed into lively parties once they reached American soil. In the early 1900s, Halloween in the United States was often a homemade affair, with families sewing costumes from whatever was in the closet, the barn, or the ragbag. A child might become a ghost in a bedsheet, a hobo in a father's baggy coat, or a witch in a cardboard hat, all stitched together at the kitchen table. There was no costume aisle to shop, so imagination and a needle did the heavy lifting. Can you picture your own family cutting eyeholes in a sheet the night before Halloween?  \nThat kitchen-table creativity got a factory makeover in the 1930s. Companies such as Ben Cooper and Collegeville began mass-producing Halloween costumes and masks, selling them in boxes with a clear window on the front so you could see the shiny mask inside. Instead of dressing as a generic ghost, kids could suddenly become characters they loved from movies, comics, and later television, from Mickey Mouse to superheroes to cartoon stars. These costumes were often a thin printed smock and a stiff plastic mask held on by a skinny rubber band that always seemed to snap. Still, buying a boxed costume of your favorite hero felt like a small piece of magic you could wear.  \nThat thrill of becoming your hero has only grown louder today. Halloween is now one of the biggest costume events on the planet, and according to National Retail Federation surveys, Americans spend billions of dollars on costumes each year, including outfits for pets. Costumes still swing between two old poles: the spooky classics like witches and skeletons, and the popular characters from whatever movie or show everyone is watching. What began as animal skins worn to fool spirits at Samhain has become a yearly chance to try on a completely different self for one night. Isn't it strange to think that when you pull on a costume, you are doing something humans have done for over two thousand years?  \nThe History of Halloween Costumes  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) Which statement best captures the central idea of the whole passage?\u003Cbr>A. Halloween costumes are mainly a way for families to save money each fall.\u003Cbr>B. Halloween costumes were invented by American toy companies in the 1930s.\u003Cbr>C. Halloween costumes have always been bought in stores and worn only by children.\u003Cbr>D. Halloween costumes changed over centuries from homemade disguises into mass-produced character outfits. |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.  \u003Cbr>4.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) What point of view about costumes does the author express thr","cbCaildjclN1sFTF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaildjclN1sFTF","pdf",111135,"English","# Reading Comprehension Questions\n## Central idea and author’s viewpoint\n## Word origin: \"guising\"\n## Modern costume spending and reporting\n## Character-based costumes in the 1930s\n## Reasons for Samhain disguises\n## How traditions reached North America","[{\"question\":\"What is the central idea of the passage?\",\"answer\":\"The passage explains that Halloween costumes changed over centuries from homemade disguises into mass-produced character outfits.\"},{\"question\":\"Where does the word \\\"guising\\\" come from, according to the text?\",\"answer\":\"The passage states that \\\"guising\\\" comes from \\\"disguise.\\\"\"},{\"question\":\"How did Halloween traditions reach North America?\",\"answer\":\"Families from Scotland and Ireland carried these traditions with them when they sailed to North America in the 1800s.\"}]","The History of Halloween Costumes - reading comprehension questions | PDF",1790806859]