Question

Read this excerpt from Immigrant Kids, by Russell Freedman.

Most of these immigrants were poor. Somehow they managed to scrape together enough money to pay for their passage to America. Many immigrant families arrived penniless. Others had to make the journey in stages. Often the father came first, found work, and sent for his family later.

The purpose of this excerpt is to help readers understand

the health challenges immigrants faced.
the homesickness immigrants felt.
the language confusion of immigrants.
the immigrants’ struggle to make a living.


plz HELP

Answer 1

The guy on top of me had a post to long so If you wanna save time and not waste it on reading his answer, the answer is D, "The immigrants struggle to make a living". Judging by the excerpt, you should be able to know.

Answer 2

The correct answer is

"The purpose of this excerpt is to help readers understand the immigrants’ struggle to make a living."

In the excerpt there are some cues to determine that immigrants faced a difficult financial time. The passage starts by mentioning that all immigrants were poor. Then, it adds that it was diffucult to get the money for a passage to America and how some of them arrived with no money.

So, based on the hints in the paragraph, we can infer that its purpose is to show the struggle of immigrants to make a living.