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

2. What is Jim's middle name?
(a) Montpierre.
(b) Williams.
(c) Dillingham.
(d) DeLemonds.

3. What color is Della's hair?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

4. What does Della tell Jim she could not live through when he arrives home in "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) She could not live through Christmas without putting up a Christmas tree.
(b) She could not live through Christmas without getting him a gift.
(c) She could not live through Christmas without making a special meal.
(d) She could not live through Christmas without calling his mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. 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?

4. What are Jim and Della about to do in the end of "The Gift of the Magi"?

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

(see the answer key)

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