Exercise 9. Find the answers to the questions in the text.

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Exercise 9. Find the answers to the questions in the text.

1. What is O. Henry’s real name?

2. Where was he born?

3. Why was O. Henry in prison?

4. What kind of people did O. Henry describe in his stories?

5. What are his stories like?

6. How much money had Della saved?

7. Why did she need money?

8. What did Della want to buy for Jim?

9. What were Della and Jim proud of?

10. How much money did Madame Sofronie pay Della for her hair?

11. How much did the platinum chain cost?

12. How long did it take Della to curl her hair?

13. What did Jim look like?

14. What frightened Della?

15. What did Della find in the package?

16. How did Della react to Jim’s present?

17. Why couldn’t Jim show Della his watch?

Exercise 10. Correct the following statements. Begin with I’m afraid that’s wrong / that’s not quite true / as far as I know / on the contrary / I don’t think so / according to the story.

1. Tomorrow was New Year.

2. Della had beautiful short hair.

3. Della put on her new brown jacket, her new brown hat and went down the stairs to the street.

4. Della bought a set of combs for Jim.

5. Jim came home at six o’clock.

6. Jim was twenty-one.

7. Della cut off her hair and sold it because she wanted to have short hair.

8. Jim took a package from his trousers pocket and threw it on the table.

9. The gold watch-chain flashed in the light.

10. Jim sat down on the sofa and laughed.

Exercise 11. Who made the following utterances? When and why were they made?

1. “Will you buy my hair?”

2. “Take your hat off.”

3. “Twenty dollars.”

4. “Give it to me quickly.”

5. “Please God, make him think I am still pretty.”

6. “Don’t look at me like that. My hair will grow again.”

7. “You’ve cut off your hair.”

8. “Let’s put our Christmas presents away.”

DISCUSSION

Exercise 12. Work out the answers to the following questions.

1. How many times did Della cry? Why did she cry each time?

2. Why did Della buy the platinum chain for Jim’s watch? Why did Jim buy the hair combs for Della?

3. Do you think Jim and Della did the right thing by selling their most valuable possessions and buying such expensive presents for each other? How does it characterize their relationships?

4. Do you have a tradition to give presents to each other at Christmas in your country? Do you think it is a good tradition? Why?

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