Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Chapters 1-4

Reading Check

1. Who lives in the flat below Coraline’s flat?

2. What do the older women warn Coraline not to go near?

3. What is behind the wooden door in the drawing room?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What do the mice tell the old man about Coraline?

2. What is Coraline’s relationship with her parents like?

3. What do Coraline’s tea leaves tell the two older women?

4. How does the apartment on the other side of the brick wall compare to Coraline’s?

5. What do Coraline’s other parents say she must do to stay with them forever?

Paired Resource

"For Centuries, People Have Searched For Answers In The Bottom Of A Tea Cup"

• This article describes what tea leaf reading is and where it comes from.
• What is tea leaf reading? What cultures embraced tea leaf reading as a common practice? What era most embraced tea leaf reading? How is Coraline’s experience with tea leaf reading connected to the novel’s themes of The Importance of Having Allies and What It Means to Be Brave?