GIFT OF THE MAGI

Why does Della need money?

• for the grocery store

• for a Christmas gift for her husband, Jim

• for combs for her hair

• for a gold watch

How much money does Della receive for her hair?

• $1.87

• $10

• $5

• $20

How does Della manage to save $1.87, after paying her bills?

• pennies saved from bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man

• as a hair cutter

• selling gold watches

• collecting cans

What does Della buy for Jim?

• a new wig

• a haircut

• combs

• chain for his pocket watch

What has Jim purchased for Della?

• a dress she'd been wanting

• a gold watch

• tortoise-shell combs with jeweled rims for her hair

• a new wig

Of what possession is Jim most proud?

• his watch

• his cold coins

• his stamp collection

• his hair

Of what possession is Della most proud?

• her hat

• her combs

• her long hair

• her haircut

Why does Della go to Madame Sofronie's?

• to look for work

• to sell her hair

• to shovel Madame Sofronie's sidewalk

• to borrow $1.87.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which figurative language technique is used in the sentence: "I couldn't have lived without giving you a present."

• onomotopoeia

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which best explains why Jim is so stunned when he first sees Della?

• He didn't recognize her.

• He bought her a gift that she can't use.

• He doesn't like how she looks with short hair.

• He is shocked that she bought him such a nice gift.