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- 1. Multiple Choice
What advice did the cat give to Coraline when it came to handling the situation with the other mother?
The cat told her to challenge the other mother to a game.
The cat told her to trust the other mother.
The cat told her to run away from the other mother.
The cat told her to bring the other mother a gift.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What did Coraline learn from her other father when she found him alone in his study?
She learned that the other mother was planning to return her real parents to her.
Coraline learned that the other mother didn't want him talking to her when she wasn't around.
Coraline learned that the other mother was working with Miss Spink and Miss Forcible.
She didn't learn anything from him.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What role did the rats play in the other mother's world?
They were there to distract Coraline.
They were there to feed the cat.
They were the other mother's spies.
They were there to protect the house.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What did the other mother eat?
Pizza with sausage, bell peppers, and pineapple
Miss Spink and Miss Forcible's dogs
The souls of the children
black beetles
- 5. Multiple Choice
What did the ghost children want Coraline to do for them?
They wanted her to find their souls.
They wanted her to find their real parents.
They wanted her to get revenge on the other mother.
They wanted her to leave them alone in the closet.
- 6. Multiple Choice
How was Coraline able to locate the souls of the dead children?
The black cat told her where they were.
The children told her where to look.
She couldn't find the children's souls.
She could see them when she looked through the stone with the hole in it.
- 7. Multiple Choice
How did the other mother try to cheat when Coraline was looking for the souls?
The other mother tried to lock her in the closet.
The other mother swallowed one of the souls so that she couldn't find it.
The other mother made the other father try to hurt her and prevent her from searching.
The other mother didn't cheat.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Where had the other mother hidden Coraline's parents?
In the basement with the other father.
In the upstairs room with the crazy old man.
In the theater with Miss Spink and Miss Forcible.
In the snowglobe on the mantle.
- 9. Multiple Choice
How did Coraline trick the other mother into opening the door?
She told her she would stay if the other mother would let the cat go back through the door.
She told her that she thought the other father was hiding behind the door.
She told her that her parents were hidden behind the door.
The other mother opened the door so that she could trick Coraline.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What did Coraline dream of when she was back home and safe?
She dreamed about the mouse orchestra.
She dreamed about having a picnic with the ghost children.
She dreamed about the other mother's right hand.
She did not have any dreams.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What did the other mother's right hand want?
The other mother's right hand wanted to escape from the other mother.
The other mother's right hand wanted to get the black key.
The other mother's right hand wanted to get the stone with the hole in it.
The other mother's right hand wanted to kill Coraline and her parents.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why did the other mother 'smile triumphantly' when she agreed to Coraline's game terms?
because it would take her less than five minutes to win the game
because her parents were already dead
because she was going to cheat
because she thought it would be impossible for her to win
- 13. Multiple Choice
What does beldam mean?
a lunatic
the master of beds
a person who does not sleep
a malicious or loathsome old woman
- 14. Multiple Choice
"She had never been so scared, but still she walked forward" best relates to which theme?
independence
family
courage
destiny
- 15. Multiple Choice
Coraline compares the other mother's love for her to " how a miser loves money or how a dragon loves its gold". Why does she do this?
To show how she loves her for money
To show how her love is superficial and more about ownership than love
To show how she is desperate to love and protect Coraline from the harm of the real world
To foreshadow how the other mother is a dragon
- 16. Multiple Choice
How did Coraline escape the other mother?
She threw the cat at her
She broke her button eyes
She threw the stone at her which shattered her into a thousand pieces
She threw a piece of wood at her
- 17. Multiple Choice
What did the "other" mother take from the ghost children?
their eyes
their hearts and souls
their parents
their toys
- 18. Multiple Choice
Where were Coraline's parents?
The snowglobe
The mirror
The cupboard
The basement
- 19. Multiple Choice
How does Coraline finally get rid of the "other" mother?
She trapped her in the mirror.
She trapped her hand and the key in the well.
She took her soul.
She didn't get rid of her. The "other" mother is alive and well.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Who were Miss Spink and Miss Forcible
Former actresses who were Coraline's neighbors.
Former waitresses who were Coraline's neighbors.
Coraline's Aunts who lived in the neighboring flat.
Coraline's teachers from her last school.
Former actresses who were Coraline's neighbors.
- 21. Multiple Choice
What did Coraline do for the first two weeks in the new house?
Coraline played with the mice and the black cat.
Coraline's family played games and spent time together.
Coraline explored the garden and the area around the house.
Coraline helped her parents with their work.
Coraline explored the garden and the area around the house.
- 22. Multiple Choice
What message did the crazy old man's mice have for Coraline the day after the rain?
She should not go through the door.
She should not trust the cat.
She should leave some cheese out for them.
She should keep her windows tightly shut.
- 23. Multiple Choice
How did Coraline's other mother differ in appearance from Coraline's real mother when they first met? (may choose more than one response)
She was taller and thinner.
She had black buttons for eyes.
Her fingers were very long.
She had red buttons for eyes.
black button eyes, fingers very long.
- 24. Multiple Choice
What was different about the black cat on the other side of the door?
On the other side it was a white cat.
On the other side the cat could talk.
On the other side the cat was kind and friendly.
On the other side the cat is invisible.
On the other side the cat could talk.
- 25. Multiple Choice
What did Coraline's parents want her to do in order to stay with them forever and always?
They wanted her to play games with them.
They wanted her to promise to love them.
They wanted to change into some new clothes.
They wanted her to sew buttons over her eyes.
They wanted her to sew buttons over her eyes.
- 26. Multiple Choice
What did the ghost children want Coraline to do for them?
They wanted her to find their real parents.
They wanted her to find their souls.
They wanted her to get revenge on the other mother.
They wanted her to leave them alone in the closet.
They wanted her to find their souls.
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