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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. To whose shop does Della go to sell her hair?
(a) Madame Lemonds's shop.
(b) Madame Montpellier's shop.
(c) Madame Sofronie's shop.
(d) Madame Richmond's shop.

2. What are the most significant symbols in "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) The combs and the watch-chain.
(b) The cat and the apartment building.
(c) The hair shop and the jewelry store.
(d) The ring and the necklace.

3. 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 prostitutes herself for money.
(b) A girl who works in a library.
(c) A little girl.
(d) A girl who sings and dances for money.

4. 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) Omniscient intrusion.
(c) Authorial intrusion.
(d) Extrication.

5. What is Della said to look wonderfully like after cutting her hair?
(a) An elf.
(b) A schoolboy.
(c) An old maid.
(d) A fairy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is it until Christmas in the opening of "The Gift of the Magi"?

2. How old is Jim said to be in the narrative?

3. How much money has Della saved up in the opening of "The Gift of the Magi"?

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

5. What does the narrator say Jim would have done if a king had lived in the same home as he and Della?

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