The Third Wish

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.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

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.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

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.

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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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

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 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
• The old king is saying that he granted three wishes to many humans

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

In "The Third Wish," 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.

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.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

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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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which words best describe Mr. Peters' responses to the Forest King?

• Calm and Thoughtful

• Nervous and Erratic

• Malicious and Angry

• Untrusting and Cynical

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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