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

2. How does the narrator describe Jim and Della in the end of "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) Two children who were disappointed.
(b) Two children who were tired.
(c) Two children who were not wise.
(d) Two children who were selfish.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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"?

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

5. What does the narrator say Jim needs in "The Gift of the Magi"?

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