Coraline

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What is one difference between Coraline’s real world and the other world?

A) The other world is better because Coraline is happy there.

B) The other world seems superior, but it is an illusory trap.

C) The real world has no joy, but the other world is dangerous.

D) The real world does not make Coraline suffer boredom.

2. What is the two older women’s performance in the other world likely a reflection of?

A) Their newfound abilities in the other world

B) The hopes and dreams they have for the future

C) Living out their former lives in their memories

D) Original performances inspired by what they wish they’d done

3. How might Coraline define her parents’ relationship with her at the beginning of the novel?

A) Neglectful

B) Attentive

C) Typical

D) Irritable

4. How does Coraline benefit from the new other world?

A) She is protected from harm by being locked inside.

B) She learns how to be brave.

C) She experiences the true love of a devoted parent.

D) She gets to feel safety and belonging.

5. What is the other world representative of?

A) The excitement of the impossible

B) How Coraline’s life should be

C) The realities of fulfilled desires

D) Life with a perfect mother

6. What do the tea leaves and the message from the mice foreshadow in the novel?

A) That life in the other world might not be so desirable

B) That Coraline’s other mother is actually her real mother

C) That Coraline will soon have buttons sewn on her eyes

D) That Coraline’s real family will be lost forever

7. What can the reader infer about the world the other mother created?

A) It is an elaborate trap.

B) It is Coraline’s real home.

C) It is Coraline’s best chance at a happy life.

D) It is the life Coraline used to have.

8. How does the cat see itself as more merciful than the other mother?

A) The cat does not trap its prey.

B) The cat gives its prey a chance to escape.

C) The cat only plays with the rat and doesn’t hurt it.

D) The cat knows it is not smart enough to trap Coraline.

9. Why does Coraline pack her own food when traveling to the other world?

A) She realizes that the food from her real world is healthier.

B) She wants to make sure she has enough food to eat.

C) She doesn’t trust the other mother’s food.

D) She knows that you can have everything you want and more.

10. What is the purpose of Coraline’s stone in the other world?

A) Escape

B) Guidance

C) Weapon

D) Protection

11. How does the other mother love Coraline?

A) As a daughter

B) As a possession

C) As a friend

D) As a preference

12. What does Coraline’s decision to eat the pizza her parents make convey to the reader?

A) Coraline misses her parents’ cooking.

B) Coraline likes their cooking better than the other mother’s cooking.

C) Coraline has decided to be brave.

D) Coraline has learned to appreciate what her parents have to offer.

13. What was likely troubling Mr. Bobo’s mice, preventing their performance?

A)  The other mother

B) The cat

C) Miss Spink and Miss Forcible

D) The rats

14. When Coraline learns Mr. Bobo’s name, he finally learns hers as well. What does this illustrate?

A) The stubborn nature of friendship

B) The power of the other mother on memory

C) The futility of alliances

D) The reciprocal nature of friendship

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. What lessons might be learned from Coraline's tale?

2. How does the other mother attempt to isolate Coraline from her parents?