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Answer the following questions briefly.

What is Mr. White's third wish?

Mr. White asked for his son's death, a peaceful death as his third wish because he had a premonition of the impeding danger in the form of his son's decomposed body arriving at them as a result of their second wish.


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Answer the following questions briefly.

What according to Mr. White, could have made the first knock on the door?

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Answer the following questions briefly.

Why can Mrs. White not open the door?

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Mrs. W: Why didn’t I think it? Why didn’t you think of it?

Mr. W: Think of what?


Mrs. W: The other two wishes.


i) What makes Mrs. White think about 'the other two wishes'?


ii) Do they use the two wishes? What was the consequence of their decision?

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'Nothing at all. Along the whole length of the road not a living thing...'

i) Who says these words?


ii) What/Who are they waiting for? Why?