2. What is the significance of "3" in the story?
a. The story has three main characters: Della, Jim, and Madame Sophronie
b. Della counts her money three times (para. 1).
c. The narrator says that "Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles” (para. 2).
d. A reference is made to the Queen of Sheba, who gave King Solomon three types
of gifts: spices, gold, and jewels.
e. A sentence in para. 5 states, "She stood by the window and looked out dully at
a grey cat walking a grey fence in a grey backyard."
f. The narrator alliteratively describes Della as speaking with "sudden serious
sweetness."
g. Balthasar, Melchior, and Gaspar are the three magi, with three homelands.
h. The magi offered three gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
i. The story centers on three valuables: Jim's gold watch, Della's hair, and the love
that Jim and Della share,