WorksheetsCoraline Chapters 9 & 10
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
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.
Where does Coraline think she will find her 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.
What happens the closer Coraline gets to finding her parents and the lost souls?
The house disappears
The house changes shape and flattens
She gets smaller and smaller
She sees more and more rats
The main conflict of the story is between Coraline and
the cat
her parents
the other mother
the rats
What three words could be used to describe Coraline?
foolish, old, mean
brave, smart, curious
caring, quiet, scared
lazy, selfish, mean
Why can't the ghost children leave with Coraline?
The light would shrivel them up.
They were chained to the wall.
They can't walk.
They need a magic potion to be able to leave.
Who helps Coraline retrieve the last marble?
the "other" father
the rats
the black cat
the "other" Miss Spink
"The room was dark. The only light came from the hall, and Coraline, who was standing in the doorway, cast a huge distorted shadow onto the drawing room carpet. . ."
In this context, distorted means...
huge
ugly
misshapen
invisible
"Other than that, the room was empty; there were no knickknacks on the mantelpiece, no statues or clocks; nothing that made it feel comfortable or lived-in."
Knickknacks are
giant statues
grandfather clocks
small decorative items
bowls of fruit
"Half of her wanted to be rude to it; the other half of her wanted to be polite and deferential."
If you are deferential, you...
are respectful
are quiet
are mean
are ignorant
"The theatre was derelict and abandoned. Chairs were broken on the floor, and old, dusty spiderwebs draped the walls and hung from the rotten wood and the decomposing velvet hangings."
Derelict means
delinquent
bad
in disrepair
locked
"But she loved Coraline like a miser loves money, or a dragon loves its gold."
How did other mother love Coraline?
As something to be acquired and kept
As a daughter
as someone she barely knows
as much as herself
"The thing nodded vigorously; as it nodded, the left button eye fell off and clattered onto the concrete floor."
Vigorously means
with a lot of energy or enthusiasm
wild and out of control
almost imperceptible
quietly and calmly
This is a paragraph from the book broken down into sentences. Which of the following sentences has the most vivid example of sensory imagery?
For tea she went down to see Misses Spink and Forcible.
She had three digestive biscuits, a glass of limeade, and a cup of weak tea.
The limeade was very interesting.
It didn't taste anything like limes. It tasted bright green and vaguely chemical.
Coraline liked it enormously. She wished they had it at home.
What is theme? (check ALL that apply)
The moral or meaning of the story.
An author's belief they want to teach the readers.
A word to describe the characters of the story.
A universal life lesson.
