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What day is Easter celebrated?  Friday  Saturday  Sunday  Monday.

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2 What day is Easter celebrated?  Friday  Saturday  Sunday  Monday

3 Where does the name Easter come from?  An Anglo-Saxon goddess called Eastre  A saint from the sixth century  An old word for East Star

4 On Palm Sunday, Christians celebrate the day that....  Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and was greeted by cheering crowd  Jesus sheltered under a palm tree during a thunderstorm  Jesus fed 5,000 people

5 How long is Lent is western churches?  21 days  30 days  40 days  49 days

6 Why do we have eggs at Easter?  Jesus liked eggs  They taste nice  They are a symbol of rebirth  The are a symbol of sadness as they look like a tear drop.

7 The night before his death, Jesus finished the Passover meal with disciples  By sharing bread and water  By sharing bread and wine  By sharing toast and jam

8 What traditionally happened on Ash Wednesday?  People put ash on their foreheads  Fireplaces were cleaned out in time for Easter  People wash themselves with ashes from a fire  Fires are lit all over the world to celebrate Jesus' time in the Wilderness

9 What does Shrove Tuesday have to do with Easter?  Shrove Tuesday is the first day of Lent  Shrove Tuesday is the last day to indulge before Lent.  Shrove Tuesday is the first day of Advent  Shrove Tuesday is the end of Lent

10 Lent is the time of....  Feasting  Celebration  Abstinence (of giving things up)  Partying

11 Which of the following has nothing to do with Shrove Tuesday?  Lean Tuesday  Fat Tuesday  Mardi Gras  Pancake Day

12 The ashes used on Ash Wednesday are made?  By monks in a monastery in London  In Jerusalem and flown over to England  By burning paper crosses  By burning palm crosses which have been saved from Palm Sunday last year.

13 During Lent Christians remember the time Jesus spent?  In the Garden of Gethsemane  In the Wilderness  Teaching his disciples  Up Mount Olive


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