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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 much money does Della have left when she returns home from purchasing Jim's watch chain?
(a) 87 cents.
(b) One dollar.
(c) Two dollars.
(d) Six dollars.

2. What literary term applies to a device wherein the author steps away from the narrative to speak directly to the reader?
(a) Literary allusion.
(b) Extrication.
(c) Omniscient intrusion.
(d) Authorial intrusion.

3. How is the looking-glass described in Della and Jim's home?
(a) Very large.
(b) Round and solid.
(c) Very wide.
(d) Very narrow.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jim obtain his gold watch?

2. What does the narrator say that large-hearted giving can leave behind?

3. How much money does Della pay for Jim's watch chain?

4. What did the magi bring to the baby Jesus in the Bible?

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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