The questions below test your understanding of popular superstitions.

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1. How do people celebrate Kai Nien, the second day of the fifteen-day Lunar New Year celebrations?
2. Where does the legendary vampire , Count Dracula ,live  ?
3. Why don't people wed or celebrate on Friday the thirteenth ?
4. Who is the author of " There is a Witch under my Stairs ? " ?
5. What is good Feng Shui for a kitchen ?
6. When do people hang up a small  branch of holly with the berries in the house?

1.  How do people celebrate Kai Nien, the second day of the fifteen-day Lunar New Year celebrations ?

     a. They visit relatives.

     b. They pray to their ancestors as well as all the gods with offerings of chicken ,carp ,duck   and roasted pork.

     c.  They go to the Chinese temple.

     d. They celebrate it with a lion dance.                                     Answer :  _____

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2.  Where does the legendary vampire, Count Dracula, live?

      a. in New York

      b. in Hungary

      c. in Germany

      d. in Romania                                                                        Answer : ____

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3.  Why don't people wed or celebrate on Friday the thirteenth ?

     Choose one of the following :

     a.  It is a working day.

     b.  It is a lucky day.

     c.  It is a busy day.

     d.  It is an unlucky day.

                                                                                                   Answer : ______    

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4.  Who is the author of " There is a Witch under my Stairs" ?     

      a.  J.K. Rowling

      b. Roald Dahl

      c.  Maggie Smith

      d.  Silver Ravenwolf                                                            Answer : ____

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 5.  What is good Feng Shui for a kitchen  ?

       Choose one of the following :

        a.  The kitchen should be on the northern side of the house.

        b.  The kitchen should be on the southern side of the house.

        c.  The kitchen should be on the eastern side of the house .

        d.  The kitchen should be on the western side of the house.

                                                                                        Answer : ________

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6.    When  do people hang up a small branch of holly with  the berries in the house to bring them luck?

        a. At Easter

        b. At Spring time

        c. At Summer time

        d. At Christmas time

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[This is the answer to question 1.  -  b. They pray to their ancestors as well as all the gods with offerings of chicken ,carp ,duck and roasted pork.   Source of information : Chinese Beliefs and Superstitions  by Evelyn Lip pg 69 ]

[This is the answer to question 2. -  d. in Romania   Source of information : http://www.draculascastle.com/]

[This is the answer to  question 3 :  d. It is an unlucky day .

Source of information : Oxford Dictionary of Superstitions by Iona Opie

 and Moira Tatem pg 169 ]

[This is the answer to  question 4. - c. Maggie Smith  Source of information : http://www.addall.com/

[This is the answer to  question 5 .   -   C.  The kitchen should be on the eastern side of the house. Source of information : Chinese Beliefs and Superstitions  by Evelyn Lip pg 31 ]

[This is the answer to question  6.] -  d.  At Christmas time.

Source of information: Oxford Dictionary of Superstitions by Iona Opie

 and Moira Tatem pg 76 ]

   Fair : 4 answers correct     Good : 5 answers correct     Excellent : 6 answers correct

The exercise is designed and prepared by Miss Ma Yee Man Becky
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