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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What has Jim bought Della for Christmas?
(a) A diamond ring.
(b) A gold watch.
(c) Hair combs.
(d) A gold ring.
2. How old is Jim said to be in the narrative?
(a) 32.
(b) 22.
(c) 24.
(d) 29.
3. The narrator says in the beginning of "The Gift of the Magi" that Della knows that her hair is more beautiful than what?
(a) A field of fresh-fallen snow.
(b) A queen's jewels and gifts.
(c) A mountain looking over a lake.
(d) A flower in the meadow.
4. How is Della's coat described?
(a) Old and gray.
(b) Navy blue and new.
(c) New and red.
(d) Old and brown.
5. What does Della tell Jim she could not live through when he arrives home in "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) She could not live through Christmas without making a special meal.
(b) She could not live through Christmas without putting up a Christmas tree.
(c) She could not live through Christmas without getting him a gift.
(d) She could not live through Christmas without calling his mother.
Short Answer Questions
1. How much was Jim being paid weekly when he and Della moved into their current apartment?
2. How much is Jim's income now, according to the author in the opening of "The Gift of the Magi"?
3. How is the design of the watch chain described?
4. When Della lets down her hair in the beginning of "The Gift of the Magi" it is said to almost create what?
5. What are Jim and Della about to do in the end of "The Gift of the Magi"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the "inciting incident" in "The Gift of the Magi" and how does it drive the story?
2. Where does the rising action take place in "The Gift of the Magi"?
3. Where does the climax occur in "The Gift of the Magi"?
4. What does Della purchase for Jim for Christmas? How is this object described?
5. What is a "twist ending" and how does this device apply in "The Gift of the Magi"?
6. How has "The Gift of the Magi" been critically received since its publication?
7. When and where was "The Gift of the Magi" first published? When and where was it first published in book-form?
8. Describe the character of Jim Young in "The Gift of the Magi." What motivates Jim in the story?
9. Who or what would you identify as the protagonist and antagonist in "The Gift of the Magi"? Why?
10. In what tense and from what narrative perspective is "The Gift of the Magi" related?
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