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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. 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 flower in the meadow.
(c) A queen's jewels and gifts.
(d) A mountain looking over a lake.

2. At what time does Della have Jim's dinner ready for him?
(a) 8:00 p.m.
(b) 5:00 p.m.
(c) 6:00 p.m.
(d) 7:00 p.m.

3. The gifts that Della and Jim are revealed to have bought for one another are an example of what literary device?
(a) Literary allusion.
(b) Comic irony.
(c) Simile.
(d) Verbal irony.

4. Della considers what Jim will think of her cut hair and she imagines that if he does not kill her, he will say she looks like what in "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) A girl who sings and dances for money.
(b) A girl who works in a library.
(c) A little girl.
(d) A girl who prostitutes herself for money.

5. How long is it until Christmas in the opening of "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) Two days.
(b) Three days.
(c) One week.
(d) One day.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what approximate time period does "The Gift of the Magi" take place?

2. How long is Della's hair described in the beginning of "The Gift of the Magi"?

3. How does the narrator describe Jim and Della in the end of "The Gift of the Magi"?

4. How much is Jim's income now, according to the author in the opening of "The Gift of the Magi"?

5. How much was Jim being paid weekly when he and Della moved into their current apartment?

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