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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Gift of the Magi".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most likely setting of "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Panama City.
(c) Rural Nebraska.
(d) New York City.

2. How long does Della take to try to make her hair look better before Jim arrives home in "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) Two hours.

3. What aspect of the plot structure in "The Gift of the Magi" is one for which O. Henry was famous?
(a) The flash-forwards.
(b) The twist-ending.
(c) The flashbacks.
(d) The nonlinear narrative.

4. What are the most significant symbols in "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) The hair shop and the jewelry store.
(b) The cat and the apartment building.
(c) The combs and the watch-chain.
(d) The ring and the necklace.

5. How is the proprietor of the hair shop described?
(a) Coarse and rough-faced.
(b) Masculine and gruff.
(c) Large and too-white.
(d) Thin and withered.

Short Answer Questions

1. On whose point of view is the narrative focused in "The Gift of the Magi"?

2. How is the electric bell at Jim and Della's apartment described?

3. When Della lets down her hair in the beginning of "The Gift of the Magi" it is said to almost create what?

4. What did Jim sell to buy Della's gift?

5. When was "The Gift of the Magi" first published?

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