"The Gift of the Magi"

OPEN-BOOK QUIZ

DIRECTIONS: ANSWER EACH QUESTION WITH THE CORRECT SHORT-ANSWER RESPONSE

NAME

1. WHAT IS THE REAL NAME OF THE AUTHOR KNOWN AS O. HENRY?

2. HOW MANY YEARS DID THE AUTHOR SPEND IN JAIL ?

3. HOW OLD WAS THE AUTHOR WHEN HE DIED?

4. WHAT ARE THE FIRST NAMES OF THE YOUNG COUPLE IN THE STORY?

5. HOW MUCH MONEY DOES THE YOUNG BRIDE HAVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY ?

6. NOW THAT THE HUSBAND IS MAKING LESS MONEY PER WEEK, WHAT IS HE TAKING HOME PER WEEK ?

7. WHAT ARE THE TWO POSSESSIONS THAT THE COUPLE CONSIDER THEIR GREATEST AS THE STORY BEGINS?

8. HOW OLD IS THE YOUNG MAN IN THE STORY ?

9. HOW MUCH DOES THE YOUNG WOMAN SPEND ON HER HUSBAND'S PRESENT?

10. IN THE END, WHAT TURNS OUT TO BE THE COUPLE'S GREATEST POSSESSION?