Read the excerpt from Immigrant Kids, and then answer the question. The officers of the ship . . . went striding up and down the decks shouting orders and directions and driving the immigrants before them. Scowling and gesturing, they pushed and pulled the passengers, herding us into separate groups as though we were animals.

What best paraphrases the central idea of the excerpt?

Passengers aboard the immigrant ships were often treated poorly.
Officers on the immigrant ships thought the passengers were animals.
The ship's officers got pushed, pulled, and herded on the ships.
Immigrant passengers went striding around and scowling.

B

Explanation:

Passengers aboard the immigrant ships where often treated poorly

Explanation:

It states that the were pushed and pulled, herded like animals yelled at. That is being treated poorly

answer: b) bubbling its way

explanation: an adjective is a word or a group of words that modifies a noun (name, thing, place,

in this case, the first option "to heartily enjoy" isn't describing or modifying any noun, the third option "hiking along merrily" is describing an action but it doesn't modify any noun, the last option "beside us" is just a preposition that indicates position, so the correct answer is the second one: "bubbling its way" because it is modifying the noun "stream".

the tree invited all its friends to its lumber party. the party was at saruman's tower in isengard because saruman had killed some trees