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Direction: Read the passage. Then answer the questions below. In India, people celebrate the festival of Holi (pronounced "hoh-lee") in March. This festival occurs after the wheat harvest. Wheat is used to make many important foods in India. Holi celebrates the triumph of good over evil. Holi is a very bright celebration. People light bonfires tell stories, and cover each other in a variety of coloured powders. These powders are called gulal (pronounced "goo-lahl"). People are then sprayed with water, and everyone becomes a beautiful, brightly coloured mess. This custom of coloring people comes from a legend about a trickster who loved to trick his friends by pouring coloured water on them.

The festival of Holi occurs after

 

A) the month of March.

B) the wheat harvest.

C) people are sprayed with water.

D) people are covered with colorful powders.