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title: How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming and more — how Mova does on the tests · Religion ethics
description: Lesson 65 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 7 of 12 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming and more

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**Tests:** 7 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 6 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 65 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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A kid says, «Day of the Dead is just Mexican Halloween, it's lowkey spooky.» («Lowkey» means «a bit».) What is more accurate?

- **1.** It's a joyful festival to remember loved ones, not a scary night — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** It's a day when nobody may speak — no support
- **3.** Yes, it's exactly the same as Halloween, with trick-or-treating and pumpkins — no support
- **4.** It's a festival to scare away the dead — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Lily, puzzled, says, «They clean graves? That's like housework for dead people.» What is the respectful reply?

- **1.** Caring for graves shows respect for the family's ancestors — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** It's done to stop ghosts escaping — no support
- **3.** They clean them so the old graves can be sold to new families who need one — score 3
- **4.** It's a punishment for naughty children — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 65, line 5: «Asked what all these customs have in common, Ava's class finds the answer: almost every people remembers its dead, gathers together, often shares food, and sho…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «show» (+4); the same thing acted on «love» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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A London lad says, «Burning money? That's bare dumb, bruv.» («Bare» means «really»; «bruv» means «mate».) What is fair?

- **1.** It's to get rid of fake money — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It's special paper, and a custom showing care for ancestors — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He's right, it is real cash thrown away for nothing, just to show off — no support
- **4.** It's a magic trick for tourists — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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What would happen if everyone thought their own funeral customs were the only right ones?

- **1.** Nobody would ever be sad again — no support
- **2.** People might mock each other's grief instead of respecting it — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** All funerals would become the same — no support
- **4.** Everyone would agree on everything — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 51, line 4: «Christians at Ellie's church believe every baby is known and loved by God and is a gift, not a thing anyone owns; other faiths welcome babies with their own bl…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «agree» (+2); the same doer «everyone» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Sam asks Ben, «What's shiva, is it like a sleepover?» Ben explains. What is true?

- **1.** A sleepover at the synagogue for children — no support
- **2.** A party with games and music every night of the week — no support
- **3.** A week of mourning at home where friends visit with food — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **4.** A week of fasting at home with no visitors allowed in at all — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 65, line 13: «Jewish families «sit shiva», a week of mourning at home, when friends visit with food and comfort; mourners say the Kaddish, a prayer praising God.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «visit» (+3); the same doer «friends» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Zara's Gen Z sister says, «Buried the next day? That's so rushed, it's giving chaos.» («It's giving» means «it looks like».) What is the true answer?

- **1.** It is chaos; they simply forgot to plan the funeral properly in time — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Quick burial is a Muslim custom of respect, not chaos — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** It's to save money on the funeral — no support
- **4.** It only happens in very hot countries — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Aroha, a Kiwi girl, says, «Chur for coming to Koro's tangi, we'll be on the marae three days.» («Chur» means «thanks»; «Koro» means «Grandad».) What is she inviting people to?

- **1.** A three-day camping trip with her class, the teachers and some parents — no support
- **2.** Her grandfather's Māori funeral, with singing and speeches — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **3.** A rugby match at the school — no support
- **4.** Her grandad's birthday party at a beach — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 65, line 15: «A tangihanga, or tangi, is a Māori funeral, often held on a marae (a Māori meeting place) over about three days; the body is not left alone, and people sing an…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «māori funeral» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Jack's cousin asks, «Is it still a real funeral if there's no God stuff?» What is the best answer?

- **1.** Yes, a humanist funeral is a real way to say goodbye — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** Only if the vicar comes along to bless it — no support
- **3.** No, without any prayers or hymns it doesn't really count as a funeral — score 5
- **4.** No, it's just a concert with sad songs — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 42, line 5: «Some cases are hard and people disagree, such as a starving person taking bread; a good answer says taking is wrong but also asks why it happened and what merc…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «good answer» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Priya's mate from Delhi says, «My nani's funeral, the eldest son lit the fire, it is what it is, na?» («Nani» means «Granny».) What is true about the eldest son?

- **1.** He lights the fire to keep the family warm — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Tradition gives him this role; today daughters sometimes do it too — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The eldest son must pay for everything — no support
- **4.** Only sons may ever attend a Hindu funeral — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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An ethics judge asks: «Why might all these different customs share food?» What is the best-reasoned answer?

- **1.** Because food is cheaper than flowers — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Because funerals are really birthday parties — no support
- **3.** Eating together comforts people and keeps them close in grief — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Because the dead are hungry and must be fed by the family every single day — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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A cartoon shows the Day of the Dead as skeletons chasing children through the streets. What is wrong?

- **1.** It is a loving festival of memory, not a scary chase — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Skeletons only chase adults — no support
- **3.** Nothing, it is exactly like that every year in Mexico — no support
- **4.** The skeletons are real people — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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Ava's teacher asks the class, formally, «What, if anything, do these customs share?» What is the best answer?

- **1.** Remembering the dead, coming together and showing love in their own way — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** They are all Christian, but held in different countries around the whole world — no support
- **3.** They all use the same holy book — no support
- **4.** They all forbid any food — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/t12/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the festival of Día de los Muertos?

- **1.** A festival for the frightening of children by masked persons — no support
- **2.** A celebration in memory of deceased loved ones, combining Catholic and Indigenous traditions — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** An occasion for the commemoration of military victories — no support
- **4.** A festival of the harvest without reference to the dead — **← Mova's choice** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 30, line 12: «Passover, or Pesach, is a spring festival remembering the Exodus from Egypt, with the Seder meal and matzah, a flat bread made without yeast.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «spring festival» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Identify the principal activity undertaken by Chinese families during the Qingming festival.

- **1.** The relocation of graves to new cemeteries beyond the boundaries of the city — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The construction of new dwellings for the living — no support
- **3.** The cleaning of ancestral graves and the offering of food and flowers — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The burning of genuine currency for amusement — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Jewish observance of shiva.

- **1.** The immediate resumption of ordinary affairs following burial — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A week of mourning observed at home, during which visitors bring food and comfort — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The recitation of prayers solely by the rabbi — no support
- **4.** A festival of lights observed in winter — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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Ascertain the feature common to the customs of mourning described in this lesson.

- **1.** The remembrance of the dead and the gathering of the living in love and respect — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The cremation of the deceased in every tradition — no support
- **3.** The prohibition of food and music in every tradition — no support
- **4.** The use of an identical form of words in every tradition — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/e4/)

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