Passover quiz: How much do you know?

1. Passover is the holiday of what?

• A. Of lights

• B. Of exodus

• C. Of good deeds

• D. Of planting trees

2. Passover is one of three holidays that is a pilgrimage festival, which celebrate the long journey the Jews made to the Temple in Jerusalem. What are the other two holidays?

• A. Shavuot and Sukkot

• B. Sukkot and Chanukah

• C. Purim and Chanukah

• D. Purim and Halloween

3. Which one of these was not one of the ten plagues that eventually, according to the Book of Exodus, convinced Pharoah to let the Jewish slaves go?

• A. Plague of Flying Birds

• B. Plague of Darkness

• C. Plague of Frogs

• D. Death of the Firstborn

4. What book is read during the Passover Seder?

• A. Goodnight Moon

• B. The Ten Commandments

• C. Torah

• D. Haggadah

5. During the Seder, families leave the door open as an invitation for which prophet?

• A. Moses

• B. Elijah

• C. St. Valentine

• D. Chanukah Harry

6. Passover is in April every year.

• A. True

• B. False

7. Challah, a special bread, can be eaten during the Shabbat of Passover.

• A. True

• B. False

8. During this holiday, a Seder plate is set with symbolic foods. Which food does NOT appear on a traditional Seder plate?

• A. Bitter herbs

• B. Shankbone

• C. Parsley

• D. Hummus

9. Four questions are traditionally asked at the Passover Seder. These questions are asked by which group?

• A. Women

• B. Men

• C. Children

• D. Elderly

10. The grain wheat, a form of chametz, is supposed to be removed from a Jewish home before Passover begins.

• A. True

• B. False