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Hopes and Tears: Ellis Island Voices Vocab Unit 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of the word 'immigrant'?

a)

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

b)

C) A person who loves to travel

c)

D) A person who loves fruit

d)

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

2.

Where can boats and ships dock or anchor safely?

a)

A) Airport

b)

C) Train station

c)

B) Port

d)

D) Bus stop

3.

What does the word 'contagious' mean?

a)

D) A type of lovely music

b)

A) Able to spread from person to person

c)

B) A type of itchy plant

d)

C) A type of disease

4.

What does it mean to 'warrant' something?

a)

A) To declare the truth of

b)

B) To hide something

c)

D) To fix something

d)

C) To break something

5.

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

a)

B) Writing

b)

D) Drawing

c)

A) Reading

d)

C) Inspections

6.

What does the word 'breathless' mean?

a)

A) Out of breath

b)

B) Full of breath

c)

C) Holding breath

d)

D) Breathing heavily

7.

What does the word 'mental' refer to?

a)

C) Done or having to do with the mind

b)

B) Emotional state

c)

A) Physical activity

d)

D) Spiritual belief

8.

What does it mean to 'pry' something?

a)

A) To move or raise by force

b)

B) To push gently

c)

C) To pull gently

d)

D) To lift gently

9.

What does it mean to 'quench' something?

a)

C) To make something stop burning; put out

b)

D) To make something explode

c)

B) To make something continue burning

d)

A) To make something start burning

10.

What is the role of interpreters?

a)

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

b)

B) Someone who writes songs and sings them

c)

C) Someone who designs great buildings

d)

D) Someone who cooks lots of food