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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 aspect of the plot structure in "The Gift of the Magi" is one for which O. Henry was famous?
(a) The flashbacks.
(b) The twist-ending.
(c) The nonlinear narrative.
(d) The flash-forwards.

2. What does the narrator say Jim would have done if a king had lived in the same home as he and Della?
(a) Killed his servants.
(b) Called out for his servants to serve the king.
(c) Worked as his jester.
(d) Looked at his watch every time they met.

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

4. What is the watch chain made of that Della buys for Jim?
(a) Copper.
(b) Jewels.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

5. How much is the cost of the room where Della and Jim live?
(a) $15 per week.
(b) $5 per week.
(c) $8 per week.
(d) $20 per week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the magi bring to the baby Jesus in the Bible?

2. The gifts that Della and Jim are revealed to have bought for one another are an example of what literary device?

3. What color is Della's hair?

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

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"?

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