Immigration The Statue of Liberty- Readworks

1. Where does Emma Lazarus' poem appear on the Statue of Liberty?

• A. the torch

• B. the pedestal

• C. the tablet

• D. the crown

2. Why did France give the statue as a gift to the United States?

• A. to scare its immigrants

• B. to show friendship

• C. they wanted money in return

• D. to welcome French tourists

3. The poem is best described as

• A. uncaring.

• B. welcoming.

• C. threatening.

• D. colorful.

4. Read the following sentence: "The French sculptor, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, designed the statue and chose its site at the mouth of New York Harbor."

The word site means

• A. location

• B. color

• C. name

• D. shape

5. This passage is mostly about

• A. people that had to leave their home country.

• B. the sculptor who designed the Statue of Liberty.

• C. the relationship between the French and the Americans.

• D. how and why the Statue of Liberty was built.

6. Describe what the Statue of Liberty looks like using details from the passage.

7. Explain why the Statue of Liberty asks for "huddled masses yearning to breathe free" in the poem "The New Colossus."

8. The question below is an incomplete sentence. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.

French people donated the money to build the statue, and _________________ American people raised the funds to build the foundation and pedestal.

• A. in particular

• B. after

• C. in conclusion

• D. meanwhile