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A mother pulls open a party book with printed instructions, and soon the room fills with folded paper lanterns and grinning cardboard cats. Back then, Halloween decorations were not bought in giant stores but made at home from thin, colorful paper. Can you imagine a whole holiday dressed up with nothing but paper and a little glue?  \nThat homemade paper spirit soon met something fancier that arrived by boat  \nfrom across the ocean. In the early 1900s, workers in Germany made detailed decorations from papier-mache, a mixture of paper and paste pressed into shapes and left to harden. They crafted little jack-o'-lanterns, black cats, and witches that looked almost like tiny sculptures. Today, collectors hunt for these old German pieces and will pay a lot of money for one that has survived over a hundred years.  \nThose pricey collector's items were once just party favors, but decorating slowly grew into something much bigger. As Americans moved into houses with porches and yards in the middle of the 1900s, they wanted to show off outside where neighbors could see. Instead of a paper cat taped to a window, people began setting pumpkins, cornstalks, and paper skeletons on their front steps. This move from indoors to outdoors turned Halloween into a holiday you could enjoy just by walking down the street.  \nOnce decorating spilled out onto the lawn, it kept getting bigger and brighter every single year. People now buy inflatable ghosts as tall as a basketball hoop, plastic tombstones, and strings of orange lights that glow after dark. According to a National Retail Federation survey, Americans planto spend billions of dollars on Halloween each year, and a big chunk of that goes to decorations. Some families start putting up their displays weeks before the holiday even arrives!  \nAll those glowing yards owe a little something to that family folding paper by candlelight in 1910. What began as a few handmade lanterns has grown into whole houses lit up with lights, sound, and moving figures. Next time you pass a yard packed with glowing pumpkins, remember that people once decorated an entire holiday with paper thin enough to see through.  \n The History of Halloween Decorations Name:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) How did families usually get their Halloween decorations in the year 1910?\u003Cbr>A. They set glowing lights out on their lawns.\u003Cbr>B. They made them at home from thin, colorful paper.\u003Cbr>C. They ordered them by boat from Germany.\u003Cbr>D. They bought them from giant stores downtown. |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) What does the phrase \"a big chunk of that\" mean in the passage?\u003Cbr>A. A tall inflatable yard ghost. B. A heavy piece of papier-mache.\u003Cbr>C. A group of neighbors on a street. D. A large part of the money spent. |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5. |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) Why do collectors today hunt for the old German decorations?\u003Cbr>A. They are rare pieces that have survived for over a hundred years.\u003Cbr>B. They can be folded from a single sheet of paper.\u003Cbr>C. They are made from lights that still glow brightly.\u003Cbr>D. They were printed inside early Halloween party books. |  |  |  |  | 6.  \u003Cbr>7.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) How does the author mostly organize the information in this passage?\u003Cbr>A. By telling events in time order, from 1910 to today.\u003Cbr>B. By listing problems and then giving their solutions.\u003Cbr>C. By comparing German and American decorations side by side.\u003Cbr>D. By describing one decoration from top to bottom. |  |  |  |  | 8.  \u003Cbr>9.  \u003Cbr>10.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) Which source does the passage name for the amount Americans plan to spend on Halloween?\u003Cbr>A. A National Retail Federation survey.\u003Cbr>B. A yearly outdoor decorating contest.\u003Cbr>C. A German decoration collector's guide.\u003Cbr>D. An early ","cbCaigH65liRFGdi","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigH65liRFGdi","pdf",99423,"English","# Questions\n## Details and main idea","[{\"question\":\"What does moving decorations outdoors do for Halloween, according to the passage?\",\"answer\":\"It makes Halloween enjoyable to experience from the street as people decorate their porches and yards.\"}]","The History of Halloween Decorations - Reading Comprehension | PDF",1790809867,18]