| Question | Answer |
| 1Who is the author of Coraline? | Neil Gaiman
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2What are two other texts he has written? | Teacher discretion
| 3Coraline has her name confused often. What name is it confused with? | Caroline
| 4Coraline lives in a house shared with how many other (real) people, who are they? | Five, Miss Spink, Miss Forcible, her Mum, her Dad and the Crazy man upstairs.
| 5What does the “crazy old man” upstairs do to pass his time? | He trains mice for a circus performance.
| 6"It was a very old house – it had an attic under the roof and a cellar under the ground and an overgrown garden with huge old trees in it." What is this passage establishing? | The setting.
| 7The door is very important. What is the symbolism of a door? | A gateway to another realm.
| 8What is the importance of the cat? | It reminds Coraline what is real and what isn't.
| 9What is miss Spinks’ first name? | April
| 10What sensory imagery is used in the following passage “There was a cold musty smell coming through the open doorway”? | Smell.
| 11“I am an explorer thought Coraline” Do you agree? Think of five words to describe Coraline | Teacher discretion
| 12What sort of person is Coraline’s other father? Why does he say “I can’t talk to you when she’s not here”? | Teacher discretion
| 13“The old black key felt colder than any of the others. She pushed it into the key hole, it turned with a satisfying clunck.” What are the adjectives used in this passage? Why has the author used the word ‘satisfying’? | Old, Black, Colder. Because it helps us understand that Coraline was happy and excited about opening the door.
| 14“Her other mother’s hand scuttled off Coraline’s shoulder like a frightened spider”. What does this quote tell you about her ‘other mother? Why has the author used the term “frightened spider”? | That she is scary and not to be trusted. Spiders are usually frightening not frightened this means that she is even more scary than a spider.
| 15Coraline receives warnings about her future. What are the warnings and from whom does she receive them? What do you think the messages mean? | Teacher discretion |
