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

2. What is Jim and Della's last name?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Smith.
(c) Young.
(d) Small.

3. 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) Two hours.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 20 minutes.

4. How is the letter-box described as Della and Jim's apartment building?
(a) Unable to open due to a broken door.
(b) Permanently locked.
(c) Rusted completely shut.
(d) Too small to hold a letter.

5. In what approximate time period does "The Gift of the Magi" take place?
(a) The early 1900s.
(b) The late 1700s.
(c) The late 1600s.
(d) The early 1800s.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Della's coat described?

2. 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"?

3. What literary term applies to a device wherein the author steps away from the narrative to speak directly to the reader?

4. The gifts that Della and Jim are revealed to have bought for one another are an example of what literary device?

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

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