Coraline

Chapters 1-4

Reading Check

1. Miss Spink and Miss Forcible (Chapter 1)

2. The well (Chapter 1)

3. A brick wall (Chapter 1)

Short Answer

1. The mice tell the man to warn Coraline not to go through the door and that her name is Coraline, not Caroline. (Chapter 2)

2. Coraline’s parents are often busy with work and do not have time for Coraline; Coraline would like more attention from her busy parents. (Chapter 2)

3. The tea leaves tell the women that Coraline is in great danger. (Chapter 2)

4. It is almost identical except for Coraline's room, which has better toys. (Chapter 3)

5. They must sew button eyes on her. (Chapter 4)

Chapter 5-7

Reading Check

1. In a mirror (Chapter 5)

2. Games (Chapter 5)

3. The cat (Chapter 6)

4. Spy (Chapter 6)

5. A beldam (Chapter 7)

Short Answer

1. The cat says the other mother wants something to love or something to eat. (Chapter 5)

2. The other mother has left other children behind the mirror, having stolen their hearts and souls. The children behind the mirror are like ghosts. (Chapter 6)

3. The voice tells her to look through the stone. (Chapter 7)

Chapters 8-10

Reading Check

1. In a stone (Chapter 8)

2. Rats (Chapter 10)

3. The cat (Chapter 10)

4. In the snow globe (Chapter 10)

Short Answer

1. She must locate the souls of the ghost children and her parents to win. (Chapter 8)

2. He had given Coraline too much information about the other mother. (Chapter 9)

3. She pulls out his other button eye. (Chapter 9)

4. He wants her to stay in the new world with the other mother. (Chapter 10)

Chapters 11-13

Reading Check

1. Pizza with vegetables and pineapple (Chapter 12)

2. The marbles/souls (Chapter 12)

3. Her hand (Chapter 12)

4. The stone (Chapter 13)

Short Answer

1. Coraline accuses the other mother of preventing her from finding her parents by hiding them in the real world. The other mother opens the door to prove her wrong, and Coraline throws the cat in the other mother’s face, grabs the snow globe, and escapes through the door. (Chapter 11)

2. They find that everything looks good except for a hand-shaped smudge. (Chapter 13)

3. She uses her key to lure the other mother’s hand into the well. (Chapter 13)