The Gift of the Magi

What is the BEST example of irony in the story?

• The magi took gifts to Jesus.

• Della cut her most prized possession.

• Jim's most prized possession was a watch from his grandfather.

• Jim expected his wife to have hair in which to wear the combs he bought her.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The narrator compares Della and Jim to the magi because

• they gave each other gifts.

• they were like "wise men", knowing that their sacrificial love was the most important part of their gift.

• They followed a star to Bethlehem.

• They took gifts to Jesus.

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

What is Della’s concern as she waits for Jim to come home?

• She worries that Jim won’t like the present.

• She is concerned that he won’t like the chops that she is making for dinner.

• She is concerned because Jim is arriving home later than usual.

• She is concerned that he will no longer think she is pretty.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

How would you feel if you received an imputation?

• a. incompetent

• b. dishonored

• c. replaced

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which of these means the same as to depreciate?

• a. to defray

• b. to decrease

• c. to detangle

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Jim is a loving, understanding husband.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Della has an impulsive but giving personality.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Della is conflicted because she knows she could get good money, but she has to self her hair.

What kind of conflict is this?

• Individual vs. Society

• Individual vs. Individual

• Individual vs. Self

• Individual vs. Technology

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

"There was nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl." This quotation shows Della's sense of ___________________

• responsibility

• anger

• grief

• helplessness

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

"Della finished her cry... and looked out dully at a gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard." The repetition of the word "gray" reinforces the ______________ mood.

• dreary

• holiday

• colorful

• boring

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4