The Gift of the Magi Quiz

What tone is set in the second paragraph with the following quote: “There was clearly nothing to do but sit down on the shabby little couch and cry.”

• a drowsy tone

• a cheerful tone

• a helpless tone

• a worried tone

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What are Jim and Della’s most valued possessions?

• Jim’s watch and Della’s hat

• Jim’s suit and Della’s hair

• Jim’s coin collection and Della’s ring

• Jim’s watch and Della’s hair

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why does Della go to Madame Sofronie’s?

• To look for work

• To purchase a gift

• To sell her hair

• To beg for money

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

• He doesn’t like the way his wife looks with short hair

• He bought her a gift she can’t use

• He doesn’t recognize is wife

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

Jim’s gold watch, his finest possession, is inherited from his _______.

• father

• uncle

• godfather

• father-in-law

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Della’s finest possession is her hair. “Had the Queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out the window…just to depreciate Her Majesty’s jewels and gifts.” This biblical reference alludes to a famous ancient Arabian monarch known for her wealth and beauty. The purpose of this comparison is to show how ______ Della’s hair is.

• long

• magnificent

• shiny

• brown

“So now Della’s beautiful hair fell about her, shining like a brown waterfall” is an example of what type of figurative language?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

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Della’s hair reaches her _________.

• waist

• shoulders

• knees

• calves

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Della sells her hair to Madame Sofronie for how much money?

• $10

• $20

• $30

• $40

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“She put on her coat and her old brown hat. With a quick motion and brightness still in her eyes, she danced out the door and down the street.” In this passage, Della is about to sell her hair. Why did she “dance out the door”?

• She is happy that she has figured out a solution to her problem

• She is happy because the weight of her long hair gives her migraines

• She is happy because she has always wanted to cut it, but Jim liked it long

• She is happy because she never gets to visit Madame Sofronie.

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