The Gift of the Magi

Question 1

First and last names of main characters

Answer 1

Della and James(Jim) Dillingham Young

Question 2

How much money did Della start out with? And how did she get that money?

Answer 2

$1.87. She got the money by “bulldozing” the grocers

Question 3

2 prized possessions

Answer 3

Della’s hair and Jim’s family heirloom watch

Question 4

How much money did Della get from the hair cutter? and What was her name?

Answer 4

$20 Madam Sonfronie

Question 5

What is an allusion?

Answer 5

Understanding the story’s theme to some extent on recognizing

Question 6

3 examples of allusion

Answer 6

1. Magi(traveled long distances and sacrificed)
2. Queen of Sheba(Beauty/ hair)
3. King of Solomon(Pocket watch)

Question 7

What two words described both Jim and the chain

Answer 7

Quietness and Value
(good in quality)

Question 8

Who is the Author?

Answer 8

O. Henry

Question 9

How does O. Henry grammatically show importance of items

Answer 9

By capitalizing them
ex: the Watch, the Comb

Question 10

What is the irony

Answer 10

That they both sacrificed their prized possessions in order to buy the other a useless gift

Question 11

What was Della worried about when Jim saw her

Answer 11

If he would still like her with her hair short and also because she had never seen that expression on Jim

Question 12

Themes

Answer 12

1. Do for others what you would for yourself
2. Live in Goodness, it will return…