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प्रश्न
Complete the following.
Della had saved ______________.
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उत्तर
Della had saved one dollar and eighty-seven cents.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following question:
Why did Jim sell his gold watch? Do you think he did well?
Answer the following question:
How beautiful was the gold watch chain? Would you have liked to own it?
Answer the following question:
How did the Magi want to celebrate their Christmas (OR) Who were the first people to give Christmas gifts?
Answer the following question:
What is the moral of the story?
Complete: Use the chart below to explain the situational irony in ‘The Gift of the Magi’. For each character, identify what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
| SITUATIONAL IRONY | |
| What Della plans : | What actually happens |
| What Jim plans : | What actually happens : |
Complete the following basic plot diagram :

Think and answer on your own in a few sentences, in your notebook.
Gifts that you buy have fixed prices/ rates. How can the buyer increase the value of a gift bought for someone very dear in the family?
Think and answer on your own in a few sentences, in your notebook.
At the end of the story, O Henry remarks that of all who give gifts, Della and Jim were the wisest. Think and explain this paradoxical remark.
Pick out and rewrite the exact sentence which indirectly implies the following :
The flat was in a dilapidated condition.
Pick out and rewrite the exact sentence which indirectly implies the following :
Della’s elated mood underwent a change as she opened her gift.
