Hopes and Tears: Ellis Island Voices Vocab Unit 1

What is the meaning of the word 'immigrant'?

• A) A person who comes to live in a country in which he or she was NOT born

• C) A person who loves to travel

• D) A person who loves fruit

• B) A person who was born in the country he or she currently lives

Where can boats and ships dock or anchor safely?

• A) Airport

• C) Train station

• B) Port

• D) Bus stop

What does the word 'contagious' mean?

• D) A type of lovely music

• A) Able to spread from person to person

• B) A type of itchy plant

• C) A type of disease

What does it mean to 'warrant' something?

• A) To declare the truth of

• B) To hide something

• D) To fix something

• C) To break something

What is the act of looking at something closely and carefully in order to learn more about it?

• B) Writing

• D) Drawing

• A) Reading

• C) Inspections

What does the word 'breathless' mean?

• A) Out of breath

• B) Full of breath

• C) Holding breath

• D) Breathing heavily

What does the word 'mental' refer to?

• C) Done or having to do with the mind

• B) Emotional state

• A) Physical activity

• D) Spiritual belief

What does it mean to 'pry' something?

• A) To move or raise by force

• B) To push gently

• C) To pull gently

• D) To lift gently

What does it mean to 'quench' something?

• C) To make something stop burning; put out

• D) To make something explode

• B) To make something continue burning

• A) To make something start burning

What is the role of interpreters?

• A) Someone who changes the language of a message without changing the message's meaning

• B) Someone who writes songs and sings them

• C) Someone who designs great buildings

• D) Someone who cooks lots of food