The Nutcracker — Questions and answers

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On December twenty-fourth, what were Marie and Fritz not allowed to do all day long in the town in Germany?

Choices

  1. Eat any Christmas treats
  2. Open their Christmas presents
  3. Play outside in the snow
  4. Go into the big parlour ✓

Answer: Go into the big parlour

From page 1

What did Marie find behind the candles on the table when the parlour doors opened in The Nutcracker?

Choices

  1. A beautiful silk dress and new books
  2. A castle of gilded paper and glass
  3. A small wooden man with an enormous head and a red coat ✓
  4. A squadron of tin hussars for Fritz

Answer: A small wooden man with an enormous head and a red coat

From page 2

What did Marie use to bind up the Nutcracker's jaw after Fritz broke it?

Choices

  1. A piece of string from the kitchen
  2. The white ribbon off her own Christmas frock ✓
  3. A small handkerchief from her pocket
  4. A bandage from her mother's sewing kit

Answer: The white ribbon off her own Christmas frock

From page 3

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

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 The Nutcracker, who told Marie the story of Princess Pirlipat and the hard nut called Krakatuk?

Choices

  1. Godfather Drosselmeier ✓
  2. The Nutcracker
  3. Fritz
  4. Her mother

Answer: Godfather Drosselmeier

From page 6

What did Marie give the Mouse King on the first night he came to her room?

Choices

  1. A small sword
  2. Her sugar dolls ✓
  3. Her marzipan
  4. Her picture books

Answer: Her sugar dolls

From page 7

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

Choices

  1. A piece of marzipan
  2. A new sabre
  3. Seven tiny gold crowns ✓
  4. A small wooden hand

Answer: Seven tiny gold crowns

From page 8

What was the country made of that Marie and the Nutcracker entered through the wardrobe?

Choices

  1. Flowers
  2. Snow
  3. Toys
  4. Sweets ✓

Answer: Sweets

From page 9

What did the young man from Nuremberg, Drosselmeier's nephew, bring Marie a year and a day later?

Choices

  1. A marzipan castle ✓
  2. A silk dress
  3. Seven gold crowns
  4. A new Nutcracker

Answer: A marzipan castle

From page 10