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Shy Mama's Halloween
Trivia True/False Answers
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1. True. If you lived in Leane’s town you might recognize most of the people in the book.
2. True.
3. False. Pyervova Maya is a celebration of spring on May 1st.
4. False. Mama’s name is not given in this book. Maybe in a sequel!
5. False. Tilbury House publishes books about Maine; ships, boats, and canoes; and educational & children's books.
6. True.
7. False. Leane and Anne did not meet until the book was already published.
8. True.
9. False. Vas’movo is celebrated on March 8th when children give flowers to mothers and grandmothers.
10. True.
11. True.
12. False. Russian nesting dolls, or matryoshka, are carved from linden wood.
13. False. Anne Broyles has no Russian blood. She just imagined a Russian family coming to the United States in the middle of the 20th century.
14. False. The custom of trick-or-treating can be traced either to the Irish practice of going from house to house to beg for food and gifts in preparation for All Soul’s Day, or from Scotland’s tradition of “guising” when, in the mid 1800s youngsters would go in costume to seek treats.
15. True.
Illustration by Leane Morin from Shy Mama's
Halloween
(Tilbury House, 2000) used by permission
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