Responding to Quotations in an Informational Text

Question 1

According to the "Ellis Island Oral History Project" excerpt, which immigrant witnessed a negative event at Ellis Island?

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B: Catherine Gaetano Gallippi

Question 2

Which question can be answered by reading Birgitta Hedman Fichter's account in the "Ellis Island Oral History Project" excerpt?

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B: How did young immigrants learn to speak English?

Question 3

Which immigrant expresses appreciation for a kind stranger in the "Ellis Island Oral History Project" excerpt?

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D: Birgitta Hedman Fichter

Question 4

Which question can be answered by reading Gertrude (Gudrun) Hildebrandt Moller's account in the "Ellis Island Oral History Project" excerpt?

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D: Did immigrants have to make sacrifices when they moved to America?

Question 5

How does Morris Abraham Schneider give readers a better understanding of the immigrants' voyage to America in the "Ellis Island Oral History Project" excerpt?

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A: by explaining the conditions of the steerage

Question 6

Read the sentences from the "Ellis Island Oral History Project" excerpt.When we got on the Rotterdam, we had a field day. One, I was never on ship before and it was absolutely, I was awed by it. It was overwhelming. All the people and boarding the ship, it was all a brand new experience.

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A: I was never on ship before

Question 7

When should the reader first stop to ask a question when reading "Armen Remembers Trying to 'Fit In'" in the "Ellis Island Oral History Project" excerpt, and which question should the reader ask to understand the mother’s love of music?

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C: A reader should stop after the second sentence and ask, "What does Armenian and Turkish music sound like?"

Question 8

Read the sentences from the "Ellis Island Oral History Project" excerpt.I turned seven after we got here and here children were starting at the age of five in kindergarten, so at age seven they put me in the first grade, which was kind of dumb because I didn't know the language and, I didn't know "yes" and "no." That's how bad it was. I just sat there and every time the teacher even looked at me I would start to cry because I was afraid she was going to say something and I didn't know what, what she was saying.

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B: It can be difficult to be different.

Question 9

When should the reader first stop to ask a question when reading "Gertrude Remembers Changing Her Name" in the "Ellis Island Oral History Project" excerpt, and which question should the reader ask to learn more about Gertrude’s background?

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B: A reader should stop after the first sentence and ask, "Where did the speaker meet her husband?"

Question 10

Read the sentences from the "Ellis Island Oral History Project" excerpt.But there was one little girl that I'll never forget and when it was recess time I didn't know why everybody got up and went out of the classroom. But this one little girl came and put her arm around my shoulder, didn't say anything, she just took me outside, stayed with me during recess, and when recess was over she brought me back to my seat in school. And then, that girl, I'll never forget her. But, uh, it was very hard not knowing the language and getting started in school.

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C: friendship

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