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Making Changes: Central Ideas in Immigrant Kids

Question 5 • FL-1001010-M/J Language Arts 1 A-CR

Read this excerpt from Immigrant Kids.The second doctor watched for contagious and infectious diseases. He looked especially for infections of the scalp and at the eyelids for symptoms of trachoma, a blinding disease. Since trachoma caused more than half of all medical detentions, this doctor was greatly feared. He stood directly in the immigrant's path. With a swift movement, he would grab the immigrant's eyelid, pull it up, and peer beneath it. If all was well, the immigrant was passed on.

Answer
A
to provide information about eye doctors and to explain how they traveled the immigrant’s path.
B
to provide information about eye disease and to explain its medical treatment.
C
to provide information about scalp infections and to explain how they can be prevented.
D
to provide information about trachoma and to explain how it was diagnosed among immigrants.
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