Coraline Ch 10

In order to not be scared, Coraline reminds herself she is an...

• adventurer

• artist

• explorer

• good girl

Who did Coraline run into upstairs?

• her mother

• the boy from behind the mirror

• a ghost

• the other crazy old man

What does Coraline realize about the other mother?

• She is lazy.

• She is made of rats.

• She is powerful and controlling.

• She is from the 70's.

What does the italicized word mean?

She ran down the hall in a frenzy?

• loud and obnoxious

• quiet and secretly

• wild and crazy

• fat and out of shape

What did the cat bring Coraline?

• a decapitated rat

• an old hat

• a new ring

• a fancy gold medallion

What trinket sits on the mantel at the other home?

• pictures of Coraline

• tiny mice

• 5 marbles

• a snowglobe

What does Coraline realize about the cat for the first time when confronting the other mother about her wanting to leave?

• it is white

• it has bad breath

• it is scared

• it loves the other mother

What does the meaning of the italicized word mean?

Her hand scuttled across the floor in a very spooky manner.

• to run or move about quickly

• to sing a song

• creep down the stairs

• to answer in a sarcastic way

Who is the author of the novel, Coraline?

• R.L. Stine

• Margaret Haddix

• Neil Gaiman

• Mrs. Ward

Her other mother's hand scuttled off Coraline's shoulder like a frightened spider. What type of figurative speech is used?

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile