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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 are the "magi" from the Bible also referred to as?
(a) The Three Old Lepers.
(b) The Three Wise Men.
(c) The Three Bearers of Gold.
(d) The Three Virgins.

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

3. 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 selfish.
(d) Two children who were not wise.

4. On what floor is the hair shop described as being?
(a) The second floor.
(b) The basement.
(c) The first floor.
(d) The third floor.

5. What is the most likely setting of "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Rural Nebraska.
(c) New York City.
(d) Panama City.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jim and Della's last name?

2. How much money is offered for Della's hair?

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. 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?

5. When Della lets down her hair in the beginning of "The Gift of the Magi" it is said to almost create what?

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