When Jesse Came Across The Sea

Which detail from the story best supports the central message that :

“We should take advantage of opportunities we are given.”

• Jesse had a skinny cow so she could get milk.

• Jesse refused to go school to learn how to read and write English

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• Jesse refused to go to America and leave her grandmother.

• Jessie learned how to sew so someday she could use this skill in America to make money.

What is the FIRST thing that happened to Jesse when she arrived at Ellis Island?

• She was sent back home.

• She had to wait another day or two to get through.

• She had to wait in long lines and answer many questions.

• She saw Cousin Kay.

In the story the author says:

"It rained so hard, there was no telling where the sky met the sea.” What does that mean? What does the author want you to understand from these words?

• It was a bad day for Jesse.

• The sky and the sea did not know each other.

• We can visualize that the sky was so gray and thick with clouds that it matched the darker water making it difficult to tell the difference between the sky and the sea.

• A tornado was about to happen.

What is the best way to explain following answer?

Jessie was really nervous to go to America. In the text it says that Jessie's hands were shaking and she bit her lip so she wouldn't cry. Jessie does not want to be so far away from her Grandmother.

• This means that Jessie was all ready to go to America and she was not afraid.

• Jesse was a strong girl and loved her grandmother.

• Jesse did not want to go to America because she was a bad girl.

• This means she must have been nervous about going because when peoples hands shake they are usually nervous or scared.

What caused Jesse to tell Lou to "wait" When he asked her to Marry him?

• She did not love Lou.

• She needed to be older before she got married.

• She wanted to make sure she had her grandmother in America first.

• She was afraid to get married.