Comprehension
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Setting
Vocabulary
Take a Chance
100
The mood at the beginning
Depressed, sad
100
Name of the hair dresser who cut Dellas hair
Sophronie
100
Their house was called a _____
flat
100
fob
chain
100
Describe the combs
Tortoise shells with jewels
200
Della's most prized possession
Her hair
200
Cost of the house
$8.00 a month
200
An example of how poor they were
One shabby couch or doorbell broken
200
What are magi
The 3 wisemen who gave gifts to baby Jesus
200
What showed Jim as being poor
Needed a new coat and gloves
300
Jim's most prized possession
His watch
300
Length of Della's hair
To her knees
300
What color adds to the state of gloom
gray
300
pier glass
mirror
300
What did Della tell Jim when he saw her hair
It grows fast
400
Jim's reaction to seeing Della
Shocked
400
How much money Della had
$1.87
400
3 example of gray in the setting
cat, fence, outside back yard
400
tresses
her hair
400
What was Della's prayer
That he would still think she was pretty
500
Why some say they were wise
They sacrificed their most prized possessions for each other
500
Cost of the chain 
$21
500
Did they live upstairs or downstairs
upstairs
500
owning money, being successful
prosperity
500
What does this story represent
True sacrifice and love
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