Question

Which detail from the story “The Gift of the Magi” best supports the inference that Jim and Della are barely making it financially?

A: “tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present

B: “Now, when the income was shrunk to $20, though, they were thinking seriously of contracting to a modest and unassuming D.”

C: “A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word lookout for the mendicancy squad”

D: “Twenty dollars a week doesn’t go far. Expenses had been greater that she had calculated. They always are”

Answer 1

Answer:

I would say "Twenty dollars a week doesn’t go far. Expenses had been greater than she had calculated. They always are."

Explanation:

In this answer, it explicitly says " Expenses had been greater than she had calculated. They always are." which infers that by saying "they always are", would imply she never makes enough money to be financially fit.