Read the sentence from "The Workers of Ellis Island." What can a reader determine from details in the
sentence?
The clerks—both male and female kept a running
tabulation of the number of immigrants arriving at the
island for inspection each day, the disposal of their
cases and their subsequent departures.
O that immigrants left Ellis Island once their cases
were cleared
o that the job of a clerk was a difficult one
O how many immigrants entered the United States
each day
O how clerks kept their tabulations accurate

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia