The Third Wish

Mr.Peters driving and seeing a swan stuck in a bush is what part of the story?

• climax

• rising action

• exposition

• main idea

The major conflict Mr. Peters has in the story is

• not determined

• internal

• there is no conflict

• external

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.9A

At the start of the story, one thing that troubles Mr. Peters is that

• he is poor
• he has no free time
• he is lonely

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Mr. Peters does not use up all three of his wishes at once because

• the King warned him against it.
• he wants to save some for an emergency.
• he wants to see if the first one really works.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

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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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

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 care for him.

• She thinks he would be wasting his wishes and should wish for something else.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.9A

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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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

The reason Mr. Peters does not move to a drier city after he gets rheumatism is that 

• he wants to stay near the two swans.
• he cannot afford a new house.
• he worries he will miss his old neighbors too much.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

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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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.W.7.9A

The best words to describe Mr. Peters might be

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

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3