Read the following passage from " The Gift of the Magi" .Then, answer the following questions: Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag. She stood by the window and looked out dully at a gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard. 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. Twenty dollars a week doesn’t go far. Expenses had been greater than she had calculated. They always are. Only $1.87 to buy a present for Jim. Her Jim. Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling—something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim. 14. Which description of Della does the passage most clearly support? * a. a habitual shopper b. a loving wife c. a wealthy heiress 15. Which statement best describes the conflict that Della faces? * a. She does not have enough money to buy her husband a gift. b. She refuses to admit that she and Jim are poor. c. She likes to shop, but she and Jim have no money. 16. Della wants to buy a gift for her husband that is “fine and rare and sterling.” In this context, which of the multiple meanings of "sterling" applies? * a. made of strengthened silver b. payable in British money c. of superior quality 17. Which of the following options best describes how the author could create a frame story for “The Gift of the Magi”? * a. The author could tell some events from Jim’s perspective and some from Della’s. b. The author could tell another story in which a character narrates Jim and Della’s story.