Coraline Plot Review

What are the two settings of Coraline?

• An apartment in a creepy old house

• An RV on a road trip

• A haunted forest

• The other world, made by a witch

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Which of these are characters in Coraline?

• a singing cat
• the other mother
• a helpful rat
• Coraline's parents

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What is the conflict of Coraline?

• No one can spell Coraline's name
• Coraline is failing math
• Coraline's parents have been kidnapped
• Coraline is really, really bored

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Find a piece of rising action in Coraline.

• Coraline eats poisoned food
• Coraline makes a bet with the other mother
• The detective helps find Coraline's parents
• The old ladies' dogs all disappear

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Find a piece of rising action in Coraline.

• The other mother lures Coraline into a basement
• A spider catches Coraline in its web
• The cat collects all the children's souls
• Coraline runs out of ice cream

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Find a piece of rising action in Coraline.

• The other father, who is coming apart, is forced to attack Coraline
• The other mother falls into the basement
• Coraline turns the other mother to stone
• The other world shrinks until Coraline can hardly move

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Which of these are characters in Coraline?

• the other father
• retired actresses
• the grocery store clerk
• a creepy clown

What does Coraline need to find in order to win the game against the other mother?

• The souls of three ghost children
• the black key
• the cat
• her parents

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What did the old women downstairs give Coraline to help her?

• Nothing. They're crazy.
• Green punch and cookies.
• A stone with a hole in it.
• A black key.

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What is a problem Coraline has in her regular, real-world life?

• No one gets her name right.
• She's allergic to cats.
• She has trouble at school.
• She hates frozen food, so she's always hungry.