10 questions
What are the character's names?
Ella and Jim
Della and Jim
Ella and Edgar
What are Jim and Della's most prized possessions?
Della's hair & Jim's job
Della's looking glass mirror & Jim's hair
Della's hair & Jim's gold watch
How much does Jim make a week?
$20.00 a week
$40.00 a week
He doesn't need to work
How does Jim get the money for Della's gift?
He sells his hair to buy her gift.
He saves up for over a year.
He sells his gold watch.
How does Della get the money to buy Jim's gift?
She sells her long hair.
She secretly has a job.
She steals money from Jim.
What is the irony in Jim's gift to Della?
He buys her hair combs and she does not like them.
He buys her hair combs and she has cut off her hair.
He writes a poem about her beautiful hair.
Name the conflict: Della is conflicted because she knows she could get good money for her hair.
Internal: Man vs. Self
External: Man vs. Man
Name the conflict: Jim and Della struggle to make end's meet and do not have enough money to buy each other a gift.
External: Man vs. Society
Internal: Man vs. Self
Characterization: Della and Jim Young are very poor couple.
Direct Characterization
Indirect Characterization
Characterization: "They live in a run-down apartment.
Jim makes only twenty dollars a week."
Direct Characterization
Indirect Characterization