The Ellis Island Experience

The author's description of the conditions in which most immigrants traveled best helps readers understand

• why passengers were checked so carefully for contagious illnesses.

• what immigrants were willing to tolerate in order to come to the United States.

• why immigrants wanted to leave their homelands behind to come to the United States.

• why many immigrants had to go through Ellis Island in order to enter the United States.

Read the sentence from the article.

Passengers who were ill had to treated before being allowed to go ashore.

Complete this analogy, based on how the word ill is used in the sentence above: filthy is to clean as ill is to

• happy

• healthy

• rough

• unwell

Which statement from the article presents the author's opinion on the processing of immigrants?

• The Ellis Island experience was scary for some immigrants.

• Other doctors checked each person for signs of contagious illness.

• Most made it through the tests; about two percent had to return home.

• Between 1892 and 1924, about twelve million immigrants entered the United States through Ellis Island.

In order to pass the legal test, a woman traveling alone had to

• already have a job waiting for her.

• possess a rail ticket to her new home.

• prove that she could speak English fluently.

• have a family member or sponsor waiting for her.

Which summary most accurately describes the use of Ellis Island?

• It served as a processing station for immigrants for more than six decades and is now a museum.

• It served as a processing station for immigrants for ten years and is now part of the New York skyline.

• It served as a processing station for immigrants for many years and continues to welcome immigrants today.

• It served as a processing station for immigrants for many years and is now the gateway to the Statue of Liberty.