Which piece of textual evidence best supports your answer for question 1?
“Jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail.”
“Isn’t it a dandy, Jim? I hunted all over town to find it.”
“And then an ecstatic scream of joy; and then, alas! A quick feminine change to hysterical tears and wails.”
“let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest”
What is the meaning of the word sentiments in the following line?
“It was not anger, nor surprise, nor disapproval, nor horror, nor any of the sentiments that she had been prepared for.”
outcomes
ideas
emotions
admissions
What is the meaning of the word worshipped in the following line?
“The set of combs, side and back, that Della had worshipped long in a Broadway window…They were expensive combs, she knew, and her heart and simply craved and yearned over them without the least hope of possession.”
desperately wanted
casually noticed
asked God for
harshly criticized
Which of these themes does the tone of the text help show?
It is foolish to give up the thing you value most.
Being poor leads to misery.
Making sacrifices for others is noble
Giving beautiful, expensive presents makes a person wise.