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Coraline review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

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1.

In the beginning of the book, what place did Miss Spink and Miss Forcible tell Coraline to stay away from?

a)

The well outside

b)

The locked door inside

c)

The tennis court

d)

The attic upstairs

2.

The first part of a story plot is the ___________ where characters and setting are introduced.

a)

climax

b)

exposition

c)

exotic

d)

excited

3.

What is a synonym for sensible?

a)

practical

b)

unrealistic

c)

thoughtless

d)

careless

4.

What advice did the cat give to Coraline when it came to handling the situation with the other mother?

a)

Trust the other mother.

b)

Challenge the other mother.

c)

Run away from the other mother.

d)

Bring the other mother a gift.

5.

The reading of Coraline's tea leaves is what technique for creating suspense?

a)

Forecasting

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Foreground

d)

Foredrawn conclusion

6.

What is the term for the main character of a story?

a)

Antagonist

b)

Protagonist

c)

Characterization

d)

Plot

7.

Characterization is...

a)

The author's craft of bringing characters to life by describing their actions, words, appearance, and more.

b)

The main character of a story.

c)

The beginning of the story when the characters are introduced.

8.

Coraline going through the door and discovering the other world would be considered...

a)

the exposition.

b)

the initiating event.

c)

the climax.

d)

a rising action.

9.

If Coraline wins, the other mother agreed to...

a)

let everyone go- Coraline's parents and the children she's trapped there.

b)

let Coraline's parents go but not the children she's trapped there.

c)

let everyone go- Coraline's parents and the children she's trapped there. But not Coraline, she must stay!

d)

to let Coraline and the lost souls of the children go.

10.

How was Coraline able to locate the souls of the dead children?

a)

The black cat told her where they were

b)

The children told her where to look.

c)

She couldn't find the children's souls.

d)

She could see them when she looked through the stone with the hole in it.

11.

How did the other mother look when she removed Coraline from the mirror?

a)

Healthier, with pink in her cheeks and shiny hair.

b)

Weak and sick,

c)

Angry with Coraline.

d)

The same as before.

12.

What happens the closer Coraline gets to finding her parents and the lost souls?

a)

The house disappears.

b)

The house changes shape and flattens

c)

Coraline gets smaller and smaller.

d)

Coraline sees more and more rats.

13.

"The thing nodded vigorously; as it nodded, the left button eye fell off and clattered onto the concrete floor."

Vigorously means

a)

with a lot of energy or enthusiasm

b)

wild and out of control

c)

almost imperceptible

d)

quietly and calmly

14.

This is a paragraph from the book broken down into sentences. Which of the following sentences has the most vivid example of sensory imagery?

a)

For tea she went down to see Misses Spink and Forcible.

b)

She had three digestive biscuits, a glass of limeade, and a cup of weak tea.

c)

The limeade was very interesting.

d)

It didn't taste anything like limes. It tasted bright green and vaguely chemical.

e)

Coraline liked it enormously. She wished they had it at home.

15.

What are some things we can do when we don't know a word in a text? (Check all that apply.)

a)

Look for context clues in the information around the word.

b)

Break the word up into smaller chunks and look for words we know within it.

c)

Get help (from an adult, from a dictionary, from the internet...)

d)

Move on if the word doesn't affect our ability to understand the text.