From where does Della get the $1.87 according to the text?
Why is Della upset at the beginning of the story?
What are Jim and Della's most valued possessions?
Why does Della go to Madame Sofronie's?
Which figurative language technique is used in the following sentence?
"I couldn't have lived through Christmas without giving you a present."
Why is Jim so stunned when he first sees Della?
What would be an apporpriate theme for this story?
At the end of the story, the narrator, in reference to Jim and Della, says, "Of all who give gifts these two were the wisest." Why does the narrator think that Jim and Della are wise?
What is at least one example of irony that you observed from this story?