The Nutcracker — Questions and answers

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What did Marie use to bind up the Nutcracker's broken jaw?

Choices

  1. A piece of string from the parlour
  2. The white ribbon off her own Christmas frock ✓
  3. A bandage from the medicine cabinet
  4. A handkerchief from her pocket

Answer: The white ribbon off her own Christmas frock

From page 3

What time did the clock in the corner begin to strike when Marie was in the parlour with the Nutcracker?

Choices

  1. Twelve ✓
  2. Nine
  3. Three
  4. Six

Answer: Twelve

From page 4

What did Marie throw at the seven-headed Mouse King during the battle?

Choices

  1. A tin hussar
  2. A gingerbread man
  3. A sugar box cannon
  4. Her left slipper ✓

Answer: Her left slipper

From page 5

In Godfather Drosselmeier's story, what was the name of the nut that no one could crack?

Choices

  1. Krakatuk ✓
  2. Stahlbaum
  3. Mouse Queen
  4. Pirlipat

Answer: Krakatuk

From page 6

What did the Mouse King threaten to do if Marie did not hand over her sugar dolls and marzipan?

Choices

  1. Break her toy cabinet
  2. Bite the Nutcracker to pieces ✓
  3. Take all her picture books
  4. Squeak loudly all night

Answer: Bite the Nutcracker to pieces

From page 7

What did the Nutcracker give to Marie after he defeated the Mouse King?

Choices

  1. A piece of the skirting board
  2. A wooden sabre
  3. Seven tiny gold crowns ✓
  4. His small clear voice

Answer: Seven tiny gold crowns

From page 8

What did Godfather Drosselmeier do when Marie showed him the seven little gold crowns?

Choices

  1. He turned them over in his long fingers and said nothing ✓
  2. He gave her a marzipan castle
  3. He asked her if she remembered an orange river
  4. He told her another story about Princess Pirlipat

Answer: He turned them over in his long fingers and said nothing

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