Close Read: Analyze the Text
Identify the choice that best answers the question.

Read this quotation from “The Writing on the Wall.”

Imagine you have traveled on a ship from China to America. Imagine it is sometime between 1910 and 1940, and you may or may not know the man who you will call your father when you arrive in the new country whose language you likely do not know. Imagine that when you arrive . . . you are taken to . . . Angel Island.

Which of the following is a reasonable conclusion to draw from this quotation?

A. Angel Island was used as an immigration station from at least 1910 until at least 1940.
B. Some Chinese immigrants were quite fluent in English and adapted easily.
C. Immigration from China to the United States was unrestricted after 1940.
D. Immigration from China to the United States became severely restricted in 1910.