Question

Which best describes Jim and Della in "The Gift of the Magi"?

a. They are just getting to know each other.
b. They are always competing with one another.
c. They love one another very much.
d. They used to be much closer than they are now.

Answer 1

C. THEY LOVE ONE ANOTHER VERY MUCH.

Both Jim and Della loved each other very much that they both decided, without the other knowing, to sell their own most treasured personal possession to buy the other a gift.

Della, who took great pride on her long tresses, sold her hair to buy a chain for Jim's watch.
Jim sold his gold watch, a family heirloom, to buy Della a pair of combs to accessorize her hair.