Read the excerpt from Immigrant Kids, by Russell Freedman.
Those who failed to get past both doctors had to undergo
a more thorough medical exam. The others moved on to
the registration clerk, who questioned them with the aid
of an interpreter: What is your name? Your nationality?
Your occupation? Can you read and write? Have you
ever been in prison? How much money do you have
with you? Where are you going?
Which answer choice best paraphrases this excerpt?
Interpreters were used to give medical examinations
to immigrants. They would ask them questions about
where they were from and where they were planning
to go in America. If someone failed the medical exam,
they would be sent to another doctor.
After passing a medical exam, immigrants would be
asked their name and questioned by a clerk in their
native language. Topics included nationality, what kind
of work they could do, and literacy. Each person was
also asked if they had been to prison, how much
money they had brought, and their destination in the
United States.
Immigrants pasting the medical test were at once
given a more thorough examination by a third doctor.
If they failed this exam, they were sent back to their
own country. If they passed, they were asked a series of questions before