Which answer choice best paraphrases this excerpt? Read the excerpt from Immigrant Kids, by Russell
Freedman.
When their ship docked at the Hudson River pier, the
immigrants had numbered identity tags pinned to their
clothing. Then they were herded onto special ferryboats
that carried them to Ellis Island. Officials hurried them
along, shouting "Quick! Run! Hurry!" in half a dozen
languages.
O When their boat landed at the Hudson River, the
immigrants had numbered identity tags attached to
their clothes. Then they were taken to a ferry that took
them to Ellis Island. Officials rushed them and
shouted at them to hurry in many languages.
Immigrants were taken by ferry to an island, where
their ship docked at a pier. The officials were not nice
to them and shouted at them in various languages.
The immigrants wore name tags so that the officials
would be able to identify them. The ship docked, and
the they were taken off the boat and led to a ferry that
took them to Ellis Island.
O Once the ship docked in the Hudson River, the
immigrants were given identity tags and loaded into a
ferry boat that took them to Ellis Island. Those in
charge barked commands at them in many
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