A Trip to the Immigration Museum

What did Sara and her class learn about on their class visit?

• A. how people came to America a hundred years ago

• B. how to drive a ferryboat on a river

• C. how to interview someone about history

Where does this story mostly take place?

• A. at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum

• B. on a ferryboat near Ellis Island

• C. at the Statue of Liberty

Read these sentences from the text. "'This is where immigrants had to check their baggage,' a guide said. 'They had come on long trips aboard very crowded ships. They knew they might never be able to return to their old countries.'" Based on this evidence, what conclusion can you draw about where these immigrants came from?

• A. They came from nearby towns and villages.

• B. They came from faraway countries.

• C. They came from different parts of the U.S.

Immigrants to the United States wanted very much to become Americans. What evidence from the text supports this statement?

• A. They arrived at the building that was turned into the Ellis Island Immigration Museum.

• B. They came to the U.S. knowing that they might never be able to return to their old countries.

• C. They came to the U.S. wearing old-time dresses, boots, and clothing from their countries.

What is the main idea of this story?

• A. Sara visited a museum and learned about immigrants who came to the United States a hundred years ago.

• B. Sara interviewed her parents to learn more about how they came to the United States.

• C. Sara saw old trunks, suitcases, and baskets at the immigration museum she went to with her class.

Read these sentences from the text. "'This museum is in the building where immigrants to the United States arrived a hundred years ago,' Sara's teacher explained. 'You will learn how people came to America back then.'" In these sentences, what does the phrase "immigrants to the United States" mean?

• A. people who traveled the world

• B. people who left America to live somewhere else

• C. people who came to live in America

Sara wanted to know more about how her parents immigrated to the United States, ____ she decided to interview them.

• A. because

• B. but

• C. so