1.

Christmas
2. 3 characters: Della, Jim and Madame Sofronie
3. Two possessions are Jim's gold watch that had been his father's and his
grandfather's and Della's hair.
4. One dollar and eighty-seven cents.
5. She sold her hair.
6. She bought him a platinum fob chain simple and pure in design.
7. He sold his gold watch.
8. He bought her The Combs--the set of combs that Della had admired in a Broadway
window.
9. Yes, they did because they both proved their feeling to each other.