Question

Read this character description from "The Gift of the Magi."

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.

What inference can be made about Della from this description?

She is upset about her options.
She is concerned about the stray cat.
She enjoys decorating for the holidays.
She does not like being married.

Answer 1

She is upset about her options.

Evidence: she had been crying and looks "dully" out the window, and the text emphasizes that tomorrow is Christmas and she has only $1.87 to buy Jim a present, showing distress about her lack of money/options.