What inference about Della can be made based on this excerpt?

Answer : The following inferences about Della can be made based on the given excerpt from “The Gift of the Magi” by O…. Della does not have much money to spend on Jim's gift. Della loves her husband, Jim, very much. Della wants to buy Jim a really nice gift.

so whats the question?

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".