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Neil Gaiman's "Coraline" Trivia Quiz

Neil Gaiman enters us into a strange world with every story. "Coraline" has to be one of his best. Here's my quiz on one of my favorite books. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by sun*shine792. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
sun*shine792

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
214,021

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
972

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 200 (9/10), Guest 83 (7/10), Guest 104 (1/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. How many doors are there in Coraline's part of the old house? Hint

Fourteen

Twelve

Twenty

Seventeen

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Question 2 of 10

2. Many people in the old house play tennis.

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. In the department store, what color Day-Glo gloves did Coraline want? Hint

Dark Purple

Yellow

Bright Green

Orange

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Question 4 of 10

4. The other residents in the house got Coraline's name confused; they call her something else. What do they call her?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was trying to raise a mouse circus? Hint

Miss Spink

The old man upstairs

Miss Forcible

The other mother

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Question 6 of 10

6. Where did Coraline find the second soul of the lost children? Hint

In the abandoned theater

In the doghouse

In the basement of the house

In the kitchen of the other flat

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is different about the people who were created by the other mother? Hint

They had buttons for eyes

They only ate rats

They were younger

Nothing is different about them

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Question 8 of 10

8. In Coraline's story, what was the name of the girl who liked to dance?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Where did Coraline find her parents? Hint

In the fire

In the mirror

In the snowglobe

In the kaleideoscope

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Question 10 of 10

10. How did Coraline get rid of the other mother entirely? Hint

She threw the key to the door down the well and the hand of the other mother went down too.

She threw her in the fire.

She had the cat attack and eat her.

She locked her in the basement of the other mother's house and threw the key down the well.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many doors are there in Coraline's part of the old house?

Answer: Fourteen

Of all fourteen doors, only thirteen would open. The fourteenth opened to a brick wall.

2. Many people in the old house play tennis.

Answer: False

There were old tennis courts in the back of the house, but nobody played because the residents were too old (or they didn't like to play).

3. In the department store, what color Day-Glo gloves did Coraline want?

Answer: Bright Green

Coraline and her mother went to a department store to buy Coraline school clothes, where Coraline stumbled upon the gloves. Her mother refused to buy them.

4. The other residents in the house got Coraline's name confused; they call her something else. What do they call her?

Answer: Caroline

Coraline gives up trying to correct them about her name.

5. Who was trying to raise a mouse circus?

Answer: The old man upstairs

The old man upstairs was known to be crazy. Nobody believed that he really had a mouse circus. He actually did.

6. Where did Coraline find the second soul of the lost children?

Answer: In the abandoned theater

Coraline had to go on a search to find the children's souls so she could save them, her parents and herself from the other mother.

7. What is different about the people who were created by the other mother?

Answer: They had buttons for eyes

Coraline's other mother actually wanted to sew buttons on Coraline's eyes so Coraline would have to be their daughter instead of her real parents.

8. In Coraline's story, what was the name of the girl who liked to dance?

Answer: Apple

While she was in her real flat, Coraline was bored and wrote a story about a girl named Apple who liked to dance until her feet turned into sausages.

9. Where did Coraline find her parents?

Answer: In the snowglobe

Coraline was trying to escape her other mother's clutches, and made a quick grab for the snowglobe, which held her parents.

10. How did Coraline get rid of the other mother entirely?

Answer: She threw the key to the door down the well and the hand of the other mother went down too.

After she did this, Coraline felt at ease. The three children were safe and so were her parents. She had conquered a real mission.

Source: Author sun*shine792

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