ELLIS ISLAND - ISLAND OF HOPE - ISLAND OF TEARS

Circle the right answer / Cross out the wrong answers

1-The number o people who actually passed through Ellis Island amounts to

a- one million people b- ten million people c-twelve million people

2- Yet, some of them were

a- turned way b- sent to other places in America c-sent to hospitals

3- Immigrants from Europe left their countries because of

a- religious persecution d- political unrest

b- industrial change e-joblessness

c- dictatorship f-poverty

4- They were attracted by America because

a- it was a free country b- there was a future there c-there was a fortune to be made

5- People from Southern Europe sailed from

a- Rome d- Marseilles

b- Trieste e- Athens

c- Naples f- Constantinople

6- People from Northern Europe sailed from:

a- Bremen c- Hamburg

b- Rotherham d- Liverpool

7- Most of them landed in

a- Boston b- New York c- Philadelphia

8- The journey could last

a- one week b- one month c- from one week to one month

9- First-class passengers were controlled

a- on board the ship b- in Ellis Island

10- Steerage passengers were controlled

a- on board the ship b- in Ellis Island

11- For the majority of immigrants, immigration controls lasted

a- one day b- more than a day c- less than a day

12- Some of them were rejected because

a- they were ill b- they had no money c- they had no family in America

13- The immigrants who had reached America thought it was

a- the natural course of events b- something unexpected c- a miracle