Lost on Ellis Island

Where does Emily want to visit at the beginning of the story?

Why are there no records of 'Dalton, Stanley' in the archive?

Explain how and why Emily's feelings about Ellis Island change in the story.

What is this story mostly about?

• how Emily learns more about her grandfather at Ellis Island

• Emily's family vacation in Manhattan

• the differences between Emily and her brother Max

• a girl who misses the boat and gets left behind on Ellis Island

Read the following sentences: 'She searched for her friends' families, for famous people, and any random name that came into her head. And many of them had come through this hall. 'She was so engrossed that she forgot the time, and was shocked to hear the announcement: 'It is four o'clock. The last boat leaves in five minutes.' What does 'engrossed' mean as used in the passage?

• uninterested and distant

• disgusted by something

• absorbed in something

• forgetful and silly

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below. Immigrants to America were often given new names they would fit in better in their new country.

• but

• like

• after

Emily is tired of spending time with her family. What evidence from the passage best supports this conclusion?

• Between all the museums and crushing July heat, Emily was nearly asleep on her feet as they walked onto Ellis Island.

• In that time, they'd done nothing but walk, walk, walk, and visit more museums than she could count.

• The thought of spending two hours watching Max coo over 100-year-old maps made Emily fear she would actually fall asleep where she stood.

• She loved her parents and brother, but there was such a thing as too much family vacation.

Where does Emily's family visit?

• the Statue of Liberty

• Ellis Island

• Staten Island

How can Emily best be described?

• lonely

• independent

• fashionable

• unintelligent

How do Emily's feelings about Ellis Island change in the story?

• At first she is bored and then she is excited.

• At first she is interested and then she is scared.

• At first she is scared and then she is bored.

• At first she is excited and then she is bored.