Characters
What is Jim's weekly pay?
$30
Della sells this to buy Jim a gift.
What is her hair?
The room outside the main doors.
What is a vestibule?
What day does the story take place on?
Christmas Eve
What were the combs made out of?
Tortoise shell
Jim sells this to buy Della a gift.
What is his watch?
Extreme unwillingness to spend money
What is parsimony?
What were furnished apartments in NYC known as?
What is a flat?
Who did Della sell her hair to?
Madame Sofronie
This literary technique is used to convey a message through contradictory elements.
What is irony?
Which vocabulary word means an accounting of events?
What is chronicle?
Where did O. Henry do a lot of his writing?
What is Jim's full name?
James Dillingham Young
Della and Jim's sacrifices for each other highlight this theme.
What is sacrifice?
Glowing or passionate
ardent
What was O. Henry's actual name?
Who is William Sydney Porter?
What did Jim and Della have for dinner?
pork chops
How much is the couple's rent?
$8 per week
Define meretricious.
Attractive but having no real value.
The term "Magi" refers to wise men from this ancient culture.
What is Persian?