Characters
Who lives in the topmost flat?
The old man with the mouse circus
Why is Coraline not usually allowed to go into the drawing room?
It is where they keep their most expensive furniture.
"Nobody’s got green gloves. I could be the only one.”
Coraline
The door in the movie is small; the one in the book is a regular-sized door.
True
What animal does the other mother hate?
Cats
How does Coraline know that the covered well is deep?
She drops pebbles in the knothole and counts how long it takes to hear a splash.
"The message is this: Don't go through the door."
The old man who lives upstairs
In the movie, the painting in the other house shows a boy who dropped his ice cream. In the book, he is looking happily at bubbles.
False
He is looking mischievously at bubbles: "he was looking at the bubbles as if he was planning to do something very nasty indeed to them."
How does the other mother's appearance differ from Coraline's real mother's appearance? Name three differences.
The other mother (1) has button eyes; (2) is taller; (3) is thinner; (4) has pale skin; (5) has long, curved fingernails; and (6) has longer teeth.
What item is described as "good for bad things sometimes"?
The stone with a hole in the middle
"We have teeth and we have tails; we have tails we have eyes..."
The other old man's rats
In the movie, Coraline finds the other father playing the piano. In the book, he just sits in front of his computer.
True
What kind of dogs do Miss Spink and Miss Forcible have?
Terrier
According to the black cat, cats don't have names because ___.
"We know who we are, so we don't need names."
"Oh dear... You were right, April. She is in danger."
Miss Forcible
The ghosts have forgotten their names because the other mother took all of their memories from them.
False! They still have some of their memories, but they have forgotten everyone’s names, including their own, because they have stayed there for so long.
According to Coraline, what is bravery?
"When you’re scared but you still do it anyway, that’s brave.”
When Coraline gets trapped behind a mirror, a voice tells her to keep quiet because the _____ might hear her.
Beldam
"Spiders’ webs only have to be large enough to catch flies."
The black cat
The apples that Coraline brings to the other world symbolize intelligence and courage.
False! It is an allusion to the myth that if a person eats food from another world, they will be forced to stay there forever.