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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 has Jim bought Della for Christmas?
(a) Hair combs.
(b) A gold watch.
(c) A gold ring.
(d) A diamond ring.

2. How much money is offered for Della's hair?
(a) $20.
(b) $40.
(c) $15.
(d) $10.

3. What does Della do after counting her money in the beginning of "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) She weeps.
(b) She cheers.
(c) She calls for a cab.
(d) She calls her mother.

4. 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 sings and dances for money.
(c) A little girl.
(d) A girl who works in a library.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Della tell Jim she could not live through when he arrives home in "The Gift of the Magi"?

2. What did Jim sell to buy Della's gift?

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

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

5. How did Della manage to save the amount she has for Jim's Christmas gift in the opening of "The Gift of the Magi"?

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