The Third Wish Study Guide

What information in this passage from "The Third Wish" reveals that there is a conflict between Mr. Peters and the King of the Forest?

He {the King} had fierce glittering eyes and looked by no means friendly. "Well, Sir," he said threateningly.

• The King sounds threatening.

• The King's eyes are glittering.

• The King is usually friendly.

• The King calls him "Sir."

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

At the beginning of "The Third Wish," what is the only thing that troubles Mr. Peters?

• He is poor.

• He has no free time.

• He is lonely.

• He lives far away.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Why does Mr. Peters use only one wish and save the other two?

• The King tells him to use only one.

• He wants to save two for an emergency.

• He is allowed to use only one.

• He wants to see if the first one works.

When Mr. Peters takes Leita home and shows her all his treasures, what pleases her the most?

• the river

• the beehives

• the flowers

• the candlesticks

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

In "The Third Wish," what inference can you make about why Leita is unhappy living with Mr. Peters?

• She misses her mother.

• She does not like to be inside.

• She wishes she were in the city.

• She misses her life as a swan.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

Why does Mr. Peters offer to use a wish to change Leita's sister into a human?

• He is angry with Leita.

• He wants to make Leita happy.

• Leita's sister is sick and needs her help.

• Leita wants her sister to be human.

Why does Mr. Peters change Leita back into a swan?

• She is not nice to him.

• She asks him to change her.

• She is unhappy as a human.

• She no longer pleases him.

Mr. Peters uses his second wish to turn Leita back into a swan. How does this action resolve the conflict in the story?

• Mr. Peters is happy because he can be alone again.

• Leita is with her sister and no longer unhappy.

• Mr. Peters had wanted a wife who was not a swan.

• Leita had not been nice to him, so he has punished her.

After Mr. Peters turns Leita back into a swan, what inference can you make when she rests her head against his hand before flying away?

• She is asking him to scratch her head.

• She is trying to find a way to bite him.

• She is sorry she is a swan again.

• She is thanking him for transforming her.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

Why does Mr. Peters live by the river even when he is old and sick?

• He wants to stay near the two swans.

• He thinks he is too old to move away.

• He cannot afford to move away.

• He fears he will miss his neighbors.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2