1. They were playing softball.

2. Because they were waiting to get tickets for King Lear.

3. He went to eat at the Carnegie Deli.
4. Because some pub owners ordered hot sandwiches and put a sausage on a
piece of bread.
5. He promised to return the hospitality if they ever visit Spain.

ANSWERS TO CROSS-CURRICULAR FOCUS

ARRIVING IN NEW YORK page 81)

1 1. b 2. a 3. e 4. c 5. d
2 1. Harbor 4. examined
2. 1897 5. Island of Tears
3. Rich

IMMIGRANT LIFE IN NEW YORK IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES (page 83)
3 1. hungry; unemployed
2. religious; political
3. dangerous
4. overcrowded; unsanitary; dangerous; badly built
5. hard work; education

1. Many hungry people left

Ireland for the USA during the
potato famine. (True)
2. Most immigrants stayed in
New York at first. (True)
3. Wives and children of
immigrants were the first to
arrive in the USA. (False)
4. The sweatshops and homes
were in the same buildings.
(DK)
5. The first family member
sent money for others to come
to the USA.(True)