The following question refers to “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry.

From which statement can you BEST infer how Jim and Della feel about each other?

A.

“Tomorrow would be Christmas Day and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result.”

B.

“‘If Jim doesn’t kill me,’ she said to herself, ‘before he takes a second look at me, he’ll say I look like a Coney Island chorus girl.’”

C.

“Poor fellow, he was only twenty-two—and to be burdened with a family!”

Question

The following question refers to “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry.

 

From which statement can you BEST infer how Jim and Della feel about each other? 



A.
 
“Tomorrow would be Christmas Day and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result.”
 

B.
 
“‘If Jim doesn’t kill me,’ she said to herself, ‘before he takes a second look at me, he’ll say I look like a Coney Island chorus girl.’”
 

C.
 
“Poor fellow, he was only twenty-two—and to be burdened with a family!”