Review the following examples. The first example features a direct quotation from O. Henry's story "The Gift of the Magi." The second features an indirect quotation from the story. What correction should be made to the punctuation of these quotations?
1 Direct Quotation "Now, there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took a mighty pride" (54).
2 Indirect Quotation The wigmaker requests that "Della take off her hat."
A. In the first example, move the quotation mark after pride to come after the period.
B. In the first example, move the quotation mark after pride to come after the closing parenthesis.
C. In the second example, move the quotation mark before Della to come before that.
D. In the second example, remove the quotation marks around "Della take off her hat."
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