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It explains how the festival began in 1991 with a few hundred lanterns and grew as more families joined each year. Volunteers scoop seeds, cut faces, place lights inside, and climb ladders to display rows of pumpkins. 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This really happens in Keene, a small town in the state of New Hampshire. Every fall, people carve pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, which are pumpkins with faces cut into them and a candle glowing inside. Then they stack them on scaffolds, which are metal frames like giant shelves, until the whole town seems to be made of pumpkin light.  \nTo fill a town with light, you first need a mountain of pumpkins. Long ago, in 1991, the people of Keene held their very first pumpkin festival and lit a few hundred jack-o'-lanterns. Word spread fast, so more and more families joined in each year, carving pumpkins at home and carrying them downtown. Little by little, a few hundred pumpkins grew into tens of thousands!  \nCarving that many pumpkins takes a whole town working together, like one giant team. Volunteers scoop out the seeds, cut out silly or spooky faces, and place a small light inside each one. Because it gets dark early in the fall, the glowing faces make the streets bright and cheerful at night. People climb ladders to set the pumpkins on the towering shelves, row after row after row.  \nAll that teamwork helped Keene set a world record for the most lit jack-o'-lanterns in one place. The town once lit more than 30,000 of them at the same time, a record honored by Guinness World Records. Other towns in the United States hold pumpkin nights too, but few have ever glowed as brightly as this one. Can you picture 30,000 candlelit smiles flickering in the cool night air all at once?  \nThe Night of 30,000 Jack-o'-Lanterns  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What is a jack-o'-lantern, according to the passage?\u003Cbr>A. A metal frame shaped like a giant set of shelves\u003Cbr>B. A pumpkin with a face cut into it and a candle glowing inside\u003Cbr>C. A candle that people carry down the street at night\u003Cbr>D. A small town in the state of New Hampshire |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) What do volunteers do to prepare each pumpkin?\u003Cbr>A. They stack the pumpkins, count them, and mail them away\u003Cbr>B. They wash the pumpkin, weigh it, and bury the seeds\u003Cbr>C. They scoop out seeds, cut a face, and place a light inside\u003Cbr>D. They paint the pumpkin, dry it, and hang it on a wall |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.  \u003Cbr>6.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) What does the word \"scaffolds\" mean in the passage?\u003Cbr>A. Pumpkins with glowing candles B. Ladders that people climb\u003Cbr>C. Streets in a small town D. Metal frames like giant shelves |  |  |  |  | 7.  \u003Cbr>8.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) Which group honored Keene for its record?\u003Cbr>A. The volunteer pumpkin team B. The National Retail Federation\u003Cbr>C. The town of New Hampshire D. Guinness World Records |  |  |  |  | 9.  \u003Cbr>10.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) About how many lit jack-o'-lanterns did the town once light at the same time?\u003Cbr>A. About 1,991 B. About 300\u003Cbr>C. More than 3,000 D. More than 30,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) In what year did the people of Keene hold their very first pumpkin festival?\u003Cbr>A. In 1991 B. In 1961 C. In 2001 D. In 1891 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) Why do the glowing faces make the streets bright and cheerful at night?\u003Cbr>A. Because families carry pumpkins downtown\u003Cbr>B. Because the town set a world record\u003Cbr>C. Because it gets dark early in the fall\u003Cbr>D. Because volunteers scoop out the seeds |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) How did a few hundred pumpkins grow into tens of thousands?\u003Cbr>A. Guinness World Records sent pumpkins to Keene each fall\u003Cbr>B. The town bought thousands of pumpkins from other states\u003Cbr>C. More and more families joined in each year and brought pumpkins downtown\u003Cbr>D. Volunteers grew the pumpkins right on the town shelves |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 1-10 | 90 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 |\n\nReading [ww","cbCaigwGatpF4aOX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigwGatpF4aOX","pdf",95430,"English","# Comprehension Questions\n## Passage Vocabulary and Details\n## Paragraph Connections and Main Idea","[{\"question\":\"What is a jack-o'-lantern according to the passage?\",\"answer\":\"A jack-o'-lantern is a pumpkin with a face cut into it and a candle glowing inside.\"},{\"question\":\"What do volunteers do to prepare each pumpkin?\",\"answer\":\"Volunteers scoop out the seeds, cut a silly or spooky face, and place a small light inside each pumpkin.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the festival grow from a few hundred pumpkins to tens of thousands?\",\"answer\":\"More and more families joined each year, carving pumpkins at home and carrying them downtown.\"}]","The Night of 30,000 Jack-o'-Lanterns - read online free | PDF",1790806724,18]