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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. When Della lets down her hair in the beginning of "The Gift of the Magi" it is said to almost create what?
(a) A robe for her.
(b) A dress for her.
(c) A scarf for her.
(d) A shield for her.

2. The narrator says in the end of "The Gift of the Magi" that these two (Jim and Della) were what, among all who give gifts?
(a) The most wise.
(b) The least wise.
(c) The most narrow-minded.
(d) The most exposed.

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

4. How is Della's coat described?
(a) Old and brown.
(b) Navy blue and new.
(c) Old and gray.
(d) New and red.

5. What does Della do after counting her money in the beginning of "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) She cheers.
(b) She calls for a cab.
(c) She weeps.
(d) She calls her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Della pray for as Jim is about to enter their apartment in "The Gift of the Magi"?

2. Where did Jim obtain his gold watch?

3. To what is Della's hair compared when she lets it down in the beginning of "The Gift of the Magi"?

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

5. 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"?

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