The Third Wish 2021

How does the forest setting influence Mr. Peters' first wish?  

• He wishes for a wife as beautiful as the forest
• He wishes for his wife to return to a swan 
• He rescues a trapped swan and returns it to the water
• He builds a bench by the riverside to make his wife happy

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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

What is Leita's inner conflict in the story?  

• She misses her sister and wants her to join the human world
• She is in love with the Forest King, not Mr. Peters
• She misses her life as a swan but cares for Mr. Peters
• She struggles with how to pass as a human woman

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the main conflict in the story?  

• Leita struggles because she loves Mr. Peters but misses being a swan
• Mr. Peters struggles between keeping Leita or turning her back into a swan
• Mr. Peters struggles over using his third wish
• Mr. Peters struggles over making a wise decision with his wishes

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is most likely the theme of the story?  

• You should be grateful for what you have instead of wishing for something better
• Your family should be your number one priority in life
• Be careful what you wish for, it might just come true
• True love will always find a way to work out

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What can you infer from the following remark by the old king? "I have yet to hear of the human who has made any good use of his three wishes--they mostly end up worse off than they started."

• The old king is saying that Mr. Peters lacks basic intelligence

• The old king is saying that Mr. Peters will waste the three wishes

• The old king is saying that every human he meets wants three wishes

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

How was Leita's and Mr. Peters conflicts resolved?

• Leita runs away.

• Mr. Peters wishes for Leita's sister to become a human.

• Leita grieves herself to death.

• Mr. Peters uses his second wish to turn Leita back into a swan.

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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

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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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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

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