The Third Wish

What message or lesson can be learned from this story?

• Swans make lousy marriage partners.
• It's foolish to believe in magic wishes.
• You can't force something that is not meant to be.

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The best words to describe Mr. Peters might be

• selfish and egotistical
• caring and thoughtful
• mysterious and unhappy

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When Mr. Peters is found dead, smiling happily and holding the withered leaf and a white feather, it suggests that

• he and Leita couldn't decide on a third wish .
• he gave his third wish to Leita.
• he did not use his third wish and still had the leaf when he died.

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What is the most likely reason that some people were a little frightened of Mr. Peters?

• They thought his swans were really humans. 
• They believed he was a thief.
• He talked to swans as if they were human.

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Read the passage: "Next day he saw two swans swimming at the bottom of the garden and one of them wore the gold chain he had given Leita [...]; she came up and rubbed her head against his hand" (203). 
What is the best interpretation of this passage?

• A stray swan found a lost gold chain and wished to return it.
• The two swans stole Leita's gold chain.
• The two swans are Leita and Rhea.

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Mr. Peters changes Leita back into a swan because

• he wants a different wife.
• she begs him to do it.
• she is so unhappy as a human.

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Read this passage: "Poor Mr. Peters was very distressed on his wife's account and did his best to make her life happier, taking her for drives in the car, finding beautiful music for her [...], buying clothes for her, and even suggesting a trip round the world" (203).  Which is the main idea of this passage?

• Mr. Peters tried very hard to make his wife happy.
• Mr. Peters knew his wife liked nice, new things.
• Mr. Peters gave his wife a lot of things she never had because they had lots of money.

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Why does Leita tell Mr. Peters not to use his second wish to turn her back into a swan?

• She thinks it would be fun to live as a human being for five more years.
• She feels an obligation to stay with him and cares for him.
• She thinks he would be wasting his wishes and should wish for something else.

Which of these hints at where Leita really came from?

• She spent time baking cakes.
• She seemed restless quite often.
• Her skin was as white as a swan's feathers.

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Read this passage: "Now he understood that Leita was really a swan from the forest, and this made him very sad because when a human being marries a bird it always leads to sorrow" (202). Which is the best paraphrase for this section?

• Mr. Peters was sad because his marriage probably would not succeed.
• He worried that Leita would fall in love with another man.
• He was sad because he did not love animals.

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