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Posttest OnePassage 1 In 2004, Americans alone spent nearly $1.9 billion on Easter candy—so much so that supermarkets had to double the shelf space they allot to Easter candy and holiday-related merchandise. Manufacturers produced as many as sixty million chocolate Easter bunnies. And, if you take all the Easter jelly beans sold and lined them up end to end, they would circle the earth three times. In short, judging from the candy sales, people certainly seem to enjoy celebrating Eater. Interestingly, though, most people do not know the origin of Easter celebration practices. After all, most people consider Easter a religious holiday, a day devoted to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. What do Easter bunnies have to do with religion? Why do we associate chicks and eggs with church doctrine? Why do we color Easter eggs and arrange them carefully in Easter baskets? We’re glad you asked. The Easter holiday dates back to a pagan holiday called Ostara, a holiday dedicated to the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and fertility. Over time, language changes changed the spelling (and pronunciation) from Ostara to Easter. Legend has it that Ostara, wanting to please some children, changed her pet bird into a rabbit; the rabbit then laid colored eggs for the children. The children wove birds’ nests out of grass and put the colored eggs inside. Then, the children continued the ritual yearly, thinking that having colored eggs in the baskets brought good luck. 1. The best title for this passage would be _______. A. Here Comes Peter Cottontail! B. What Does Easter Have to Do with Nests, Anyway? C. The Evolution of Faberge Eggs D. From Ostara to Easter: An Overview of Easter 2. The author’s use of the word “allot” implies that the word can be defied as: A. few B. many C. devote D. respond 3. How much money did Americans spend on Easter last year? A. sixty million dollars B. one hundred thousand dollars C. one point nine billion dollars D. Nothing; Americans boycotted the event.