Read the excerpt from Immigrant Kids by Russell
Freedman
The writer Angelo Pellegrini has recalled his own family's
detention at Ellis Island:
We lived there for three days - Mother and we five
children, the youngest of whom was three years old
Because of the nigorous physical examination that we had
to submit to, particularly of the eyes, there was this
terble anxiety that one of us might be rejected And if
one of us was, what would the rest of the family do? My
sister was indeed momentarily rejected, she had been so
ill and had cried so much that her eyes were absolutely
bloodshot, and Mother was told, "Well, we can't let her in
But fortunately, Mother was an indomitable spirit and
finally made them understand that if her child had a few
hours' rest and a little bit to eat she would be all right. In
the end we did get through
Which line from the excerpt is an example of a
quotation?
1:Some of them still faced long journeys overland...
2:They left the examination hall and waited on the dock
for the ferry that would take them to Manhattan...
3: Others would head directly for the teeming immigrant
neighborhoods of New York City.
4: But fortunately, Mother was an indomitable spirit...
Pls hurry
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