"Coraline" Chapter 11

A young girl who faces unspeakable evil and successfully escapes from a bizarre parallel world.

• a. Coraline Jones
• b. The Other Mother
• c. The Black Cat
• d. The Other World
• e. The Ghost Children

An arrogant but helpful feline who acts as a mentor to Coraline; he escapes the Other World too.

• c. The Black Cat
• a. Coraline Jones
• b. The Other Mother
• d. The Other World
• e. The Ghost Children

A maniacal being who accepts a challenge and goes back on her word; she bleeds black, tar-like blood.

• b. The Other Mother
• a. Coraline Jones
• c. The Black Cat
• d. The Other World
• e. The Ghost Children

Coraline journeys back to the Other World to free them; she refuses to leave without them.

• f. Mr. & Mrs. Jones
• a. Coraline Jones
• b. The Other Mother
• c. The Black Cat
• d. The Other World

Coraline finds their souls but must escape with them back to the Other World before they can be freed.

• e. The Ghost Children
• a. Coraline Jones
• b. The Other Mother
• c. The Black Cat
• d. The Other World

A place that is thought to have been designed by the Other Mother; it loses it color and shape.

• d. The Other World
• a. Coraline Jones
• b. The Other Mother
• c. The Black Cat
• e. The Ghost Children

The word vermin is most accurately defined as:

• a) garbage
• b) pests
• c) food
• d) velvet

What might the painting of the bowl of fruit (it now shows it‘s been eaten) symbolize?

• a) apples and cherries
• b) greed and decay
• c) the afterlife
• d) life and growth

"The lion-pawed table raked the carpet with its clawed wooden" feet is an example of:

• a) personification
• b) simile
• c) idiom
• d) metaphor

Which set of character traits best describes Coraline in this chapter?

• a) nervous, fearful, cowardly
• b) rash, proud, humble
• c) dim-witted, thoughtless, reckless
• d) clever, thoughtful, cautious