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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what approximate time period does "The Gift of the Magi" take place?
(a) The late 1600s.
(b) The early 1800s.
(c) The early 1900s.
(d) The late 1700s.

2. How is Della's hat described?
(a) Old and brown.
(b) Navy blue and new.
(c) Old and gray.
(d) New and red.

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

4. To whose shop does Della go to sell her hair?
(a) Madame Lemonds's shop.
(b) Madame Montpellier's shop.
(c) Madame Sofronie's shop.
(d) Madame Richmond's shop.

5. Which of the following is a central theme in "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Mother-daughter relationships.

6. What does Della pray for as Jim is about to enter their apartment in "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) For Jim to be happy she is pregnant.
(b) For Jim to ask for a divorce.
(c) For Jim to think she is still pretty.
(d) For Jim to have bought her a present.

7. On whose point of view is the narrative focused in "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) On Jim's father's point of view.
(b) On Madame Sofronie's point of view.
(c) On Della's point of view.
(d) On Jim's point of view.

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

9. What did the magi bring to the baby Jesus in the Bible?
(a) Gold, hair tresses, and combs.
(b) Gold, frankinscense, and myrrh.
(c) Branches, coal, and a manger.
(d) A sheep, a llama, and a rabbit.

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

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

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

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

14. To what is Della's hair compared when she lets it down in the beginning of "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) A snowy lake.
(b) A falling stream.
(c) A sea of jellyfish.
(d) A peacock's feathers.

15. What is Della said to look wonderfully like after cutting her hair?
(a) A schoolboy.
(b) A fairy.
(c) An elf.
(d) An old maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was Jim being paid weekly when he and Della moved into their current apartment?

2. What literary term applies to a device wherein the author steps away from the narrative to speak directly to the reader?

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 is Della's coat described?

5. 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?

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