Gift of the Magi - hair cut quiz

What did "Sofronie" mean? (The name of the hairdresser.)

• large

• white

• chilly

• kind

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

How much did Della get for selling her hair?

• $20

• $28

• $60

• $100

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

When Della found the chain, she said it "had surely been made for Jim and no one else." What literary device is the author using?

• metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• idiom

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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 describes the word PRUDENCE?

• silliness

• bravery

• foolishness

• wise thinking

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What was Jim's prized possession?

• the leather strap

• the gold watch

• his hair

• a mirror

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"a small waterfall, typically one of several that fall in stages

down a steep rocky slope."

• ravages

• garment

• cascade

• mammoth

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

What color is Della's hair?

• rainbow

• blonde

• brown

• black

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is textual evidence that Jim was embarrassed by the leather watch strap?

• He never talks about it.

• He checked his watch slyly.

• His grandfather gave it to him.

• King Solomon had a better chain.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

What do you know for sure that Della did when she got home from buying the chain?

• took a nap

• read about the Queen of Sheba

• put on her old brown jacket and old brown hat.

• curled her hair

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which of these can we infer as to why Della would curl her hair?

• because it was ravaged by the hairdresser, she wanted to make it look better.

• She was bored.

• She wanted to look better than the Queen of Sheba.

• She was mad at the hairdresser and wanted to prove it could be beautiful.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2