The Day of the Dead Pre-Study Survey

This survey was designed to help you reflect upon your personal views of death before beginning a study on how the Mexican culture views death.
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  1. Consider whether the discussion of death frightens you.
     
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    Not at all  A lot


  1. Which facets of death make you uncomfortable or frightened?
    The inevitability.
    The unknown.
    The absence of friends or family.
    Spirits, ghosts.
    The possible finality.


  1. In preparation for a study of the Mexican Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos, please consider how you feel when someone talks to you about death.
     
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    Uncomfortable  Comfortable


  1. What are some ways that people in the U.S. honor their dead relatives?
    Attend visitations with grieving family members.
    Attend funeral service of the deceased person.
    Attend the burial service.
    Have a 'wake' at the deceased person's residence.
    Share a pot-luck dinner with the family members of the deceased.
    Send flowers to the family of the deceased.
    Take flowers to the gravesite of the deceased on special dates.
    Make donations to favorite charities in the name of the deceased
    Send cards of condolence to the family.
    Prepare the deceased's favorite foods and set on an altar in the home.


  1. Which special traditions does your family perform upon a death?
    Hold a visitation, wake or lay-out.
    Have a dinner after the funeral.
    Attend a religious service.
    Send flowers.
    Visit the gravesite.


  1. If you have any other comments you would like to share before we begin our study of the Mexican Day of the Dead, please do so now.





Jeanne Freeman