The Gift of the Magi

In the opening of the short story, what is Della concerned about?

• Her husband is earning less money than he did previously.
• She does not have enough money to buy her husband a proper present.
• There is a gray cat walking along their fence.

According to the narrator, life is full of:

• symbolism and metaphors
• gains and losses
• sobs, sniffles, and smiles

Della and Jim's apartment can best be described as

• poor
• grand
• modern

What is Della's greatest possession?

• The Queen of Sheebah
• her hair
• Her ability to create her own happiness

Della's decision to sell her hair to buy a proper present for Jim can best be described as a ___________________

• sacrifice for love
• an easy way out
• a way of correcting all of her mistakes

Della's hair and Jim's watch have always been a source of:

• Pride
• Nervousness
• Anxiety
• Shame

Jim reacts strangely to the news of Della's hair being sold because

• He thinks she looks like a Coney Island chorus girls
• He thinks she looks like a truant school boy
• He is upset that she did not consult him about her hair first!
• He knows that he has bought something she can not use!

The story uses the literary device known as _______________ or a situational twist in plot that the reader may not guess or expect.

• Dialogue
• Metaphor
• Irony
• Climax

Plot is the _________________ of _________________ in a story...each leading to or causing the next to occur.

• Actions, heroes
• Absence, action
• Cast, characters
• Sequence, events

“Life is made up of sobs, sniffles and smiles …” is an example of ____.

• similie
• personification
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia