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WorksheetsCoraline Chapters 1-8
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 2hrs 41mins
Which sentence from the text is an example of figurative language?
"It's bucketing down"
"Spink and Miss Forcible lived in the flat below Coraline's on the ground floor"
She explored the garden.
The door swung open.
What line from the text is an example of imagery?
"It's raining"
"She turned on the television"
"The big, carved, brown wooden door at the far corner of the drawing room--was locked"
"It was a big garden"
Which answer choice happened in the EXPOSITION of the story?
Coraline explored the flat and counted everything.
Coraline discovers a brick wall.
Coraline escapes from the other mother.
Coraline meets Miss Spink and Miss Forcible.
What does Miss Spink and Miss Forcible seem to talk about?
Their love for music.
Their past lives in the theater.
Their dogs.
Their children and grandchildren.
What is the message from the mice?
"Try to give your parents another chance."
"Please come see our show."
"Don't go through the door."
"Be careful with Miss Spink and Miss Forcible."
Why did Coraline and her mother go to town?
To buy school clothes
To buy new play clothes
To buy new toys
To buy green gloves
Why did Coraline's mother and the shop assistance think it would be best to buy Coraline a baggy sweater?
So that she would grow into it
Because Coraline was fat
Because it was cheaper
So that Coraline and her mother could share it
What was Coraline trying to get when she climbed up on the chair with the broom?
The keys to the door in the drawing room
The keys to the car
A cookie jar
A statue of a dancing cat
What confused her about the room on the other side of the mysterious door?
It was almost an exact copy of her own home
It was full of colorful bubbles
There were people having a party
It was empty, except for a note on a piece of cake reading "Eat Me"
How was the other mother's skin tone compared to her real mother?
White and pale like paper
Black like tar
Yellow like mustard
Blue like blueberries
I'm not the other anything.
Cats don't like names.
What does other mother want from Coraline?
to keep her in other world, and have buttons sewn in place of her eyes
to get rid of the cat
She wants her to destroy the key to the other world.
She wants to eat her.
What happened to Coraline's parents while she was gone?
They went on a vacation without her.
They enjoyed their time together without her and were glad she was gone.
They had been taken by the other mother and hidden away.
They had been taken by the other mother and killed.
Where does the other mother hide Coraline's real mother and father?
In the cellar
In the attic
In the mirror
In a snow globe
What does the word triumph mean?
to be successful
to have a temper tantrum
to be overexcited
to run wild
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.
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.
Who does the Other Father mean when he talks about vermin?
the rats
the cat
the Other Mother
What does Coraline notice is different on the mantel?
two people in a little picture frame
a glass snow glove with 2 people in it
a glass snow that she did not recognize
What does she do when Coraline gets upset?
puts her in the basement
puts her inside of a mirror
puts her in the closet
Who said the following: "Challenge her. There's is no guarantee she'll play fair, but her kind of thing loves games and challenges" (65).
the rats
the other father
the cat
Wybie
What does "beldam" mean?
a lunatic
the master of beds
a person who does not sleep
a malicious old woman
Who said the following: "She stole our hearts, and she stole our souls, and she took our lives away, and she left us here, and she forgot about us in the dark" (84).
the cat
the ghost children
the rats
the other father
True or false: The other mother killed her own mother.
True
False
What did Coraline offer the other mother if the other mother wins the game?
to stay with her and let her sew buttons into her eyes
the cat
the protective stone
to stay with her until her 30th birthday
If Coraline wins, the other mother agreed to...
let everyone go- Coraline's parents and the children she's trapped there.
let Coraline's parents go but not the children she's trapped there.
let everyone go- Coraline's parents and the children she's trapped there. But not Coraline, she must stay!
to let Coraline and the lost souls of the children go.
What does Coraline have to find in order to win the game?
the souls of the 3 ghost children
the souls of the 3 ghost children and her parents
just her parents
the souls of the 3 ghost children, her parents, and the key
What does the other mother swear on?
her left hand
her right hand
her heart
her mother's grave
