Coraline Chapters 1 - 3

Which of the following best describes the setting of Coraline?

• A tiny apartment in the middle of a loud, busy city

• A large, old house divided into flats.

• A farmhouse in the countryside

• A spooky castle in London

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CCSS.RL.4.3

Which of the following is the best description of Coraline?

• A shy, tall girl who is afraid to make any friends

• A popular cheerleader who does well in school

• A brave, independent girl who is always up for an adventure

• A lazy girl who complains all the time

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CCSS.RL.4.3

When Coraline is reaching for the key, the book says: "She climbed back on the chair again, and reached up with the broom."

Why did she get the broom?

• To dust off the spiderwebs

• To pry open a stuck drawer

• To clean off the top of the cabinet

• To help her reach the black key

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CCSS.RL.4.1

The family did not use the drawing room. They had inherited the furniture from Coraline's grandmother after she died.

What does the word, "inherited" mean?

• Something stolen

• Something passed down to you after a death in the family

• Something you borrow from a close relative

• Something you were given but don't want

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RI.4.4

The author, Neil Gaiman, uses a lot of imagery in the book to make the audience feel connected to the story.

When he writes about the black key he says, "It turned smoothly, with a satisfying clunk."

Which of the five senses does the word "clunk" appeal to?

• sight

• sound

• taste

• smell

Is the following excerpt an example of plot or setting?

"The bricks had gone, as if they'd never been there. There was a cold, musty smell coming through the open doorway: it smelled like something very old and very slow."

• Plot

• Setting

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CCSS.RL.4.3

What technique do authors use to describe a story's setting?

• Personification

• metaphors and similes

• quotation marks

• imagery

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CCSS.RL.4.3

"It was rain that meant business"

• Personification

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

It was little more than a shadow, and it scuttled down the hall like a little patch of night.

• personification

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

Which sentence shows that Coraline is adventurous?

• Coraline went over to the window and watched the rain come down.

• Then she went to the freezer and got out some microwave chips and a microwave mini-pizza

• But go out she did, exploring, every day until the day it rained, when Coraline had to stay inside.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3