The Gift of the Magi

When Della opens her gift, she is overcome with mixed feelings that include all of the following except

• guilt.

• delight

• despair.

• disbelief.

When Jim and Della realize the full extent of what they have done, they

• a. refuse to believe it.

• b. try to make the best of it.

• c. look for someone else to blame.

• d. make plans to undo what they have done.

At the end of the story, Jim plans to put the fob chain away for safekeeping because

• it is fragile.

• it is valuable in terms of money.

• it is valuable in emotional terms.

• he doesn't have any current use for it.

Della chooses the gift she gets for Jim because it

• costs just the right amount.

• seems to have been made for him.

• will make his old watch look like new.

• is surely nicer than what he has bought for her.

Jim is a loving, understanding husband.

• True

• False

Della has an impulsive but giving personality.

• True

• False

Jim did not want to sell his watch.

• True

• False

Jim was mad because Della cut her hair.

• True

• False

Della worried that Jim would not like her gift to Jim.

• True

• False

Indirect characterization occurs when Della explains how she "haggles" over every penny (or bargains with shop keepers to save just a cent). From this characterization, we learn...

• That she makes the most of all she has.

• That she knows how to survive on little.

• That she worries about money.

• All of the above