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

2. How much money has Della saved up in the opening of "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) $5.24.
(b) $1.96.
(c) $1.87.
(d) $4.23.

3. How is the electric bell at Jim and Della's apartment described?
(a) It is tinkly and soft.
(b) It does not work.
(c) It buzzes nonstop.
(d) It is incredibly loud.

4. What are Jim and Della about to do in the end of "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) Go to Della's mother's home.
(b) Put their baby to bed.
(c) Go to Jim's mother's home.
(d) Eat dinner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What are the "magi" from the Bible also referred to as?

3. How much is the cost of the room where Della and Jim live?

4. How is the letter-box described as Della and Jim's apartment building?

5. The narrator says in the beginning of "The Gift of the Magi" that Della knows that her hair is more beautiful than what?

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