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What does the cat do to help Coraline escape?
Bites her hand
Scratches the Other Mother’s face
Knocks over a lamp
Hides the key
What do the Other Miss Spink and Forcible look like?
Old and wrinkled
Half-cat
Shadowy figures
Young and doll-like
What happens when Coraline looks through the stone?
She can see through walls
She sees her real parents
She can see what’s real
She sees the cat
The ghost children tell Coraline what about the Other Mother?
She’s lonely
She can’t leave her world
She’s kind
She eats souls
Where does the Other Mother imprison Coraline?
Behind a mirror
Under the floor
In a closet
In a cage
What happens when Coraline refuses the button eyes?
The Other Mother gets sad
The cat saves her immediately
She wakes up at home
The Other Mother traps her
What does the Other Mother cook that Coraline’s real mother never does?
Roast chicken
Macaroni
Pancakes
Fish
What peculiar detail does Coraline notice about her other mother’s fingers?
They’re too long
They have long red nails
They twitch like spider legs
They’re missing a finger
We finally learned the name of the crazy old man upstairs! What is his name?
Mr. Dodo
Mr. Bobo
Mr. Baggins
Mr. Koko
What design was on the old paper tablecloth Coraline's mother gives her for the doll picnic?
tea cups
clocks
teeth
red flowers
What happened to the marbles after the kids souls crossed the silver stream?
they became dolls
they became children
they crumbled like fragile eggs
What does Coraline look forward to at the end of the book?
Moving to a new house
Starting a new school year.
Getting a new neighbor.
Going back to the other side.
What did Coraline do that resulted in the hand falling into the well?
she swung on a tire swing across the well opening
she set the marbles on a loose brick on the wells edge
she set up a pretend tea party over the top of the well
she tied the hand to her bike and dragged it over the well
How did Coraline trick the other mother into opening the door?
She told her the other father was hiding behind the door.
Coraline asked her to let the cat go back through the door.
he other mother opened the door to trick Coraline.
She told her that her parents were hidden behind the door.
What did Coraline dream of when she was back home and safe?
She did not have any dreams.
She dreamed about the other mother's right hand.
She dreamed about the mouse orchestra.
She dreamed about having a picnic with the ghost children.
What do the ghost children tell Coraline at the picnic?
It isn't over.
Other Mother will never let her go.
They're finally free.
They thank her and disappear.
