Answer 1. (C) Unfair treatment and cheap labor made it nearly impossible for immigrants to achieve the American Dream.
Explanation:
Among all the options given, option C best describes the passage. It talk about the new settlements in the United states of America. Where the settlers had to go through a lot in order to adjust themselves in the society and culture. Also, they didn't received a warm welcome too from the citizens.
Answer 2.(C) I could almost begin to think with English words in my head. But in my heart the emptiness still hurt. I burned to give, to give something, to do something, to be something
From the above quotes that best that supports the previous answer is mentioned above. The author is standing in the city of her dreams but still she can feel some kind of emptiness inside her. May be because she gave up everything she had, tried everything she could to move here and she did, she saw an entirely new phase of life.
Answer 3. (A) First person
"America and I" explicit first person point of view. The author herself narrates her experience of being an immigrant in one of the most modern city i.e. New York. She had really high hopes for this county and moved with all her excitement and that is what she is sharing in the entire story of hers.
Answer 4. (B) Unable to speak, Mute
She no doubt made it to the city but was unaware of the reality. She looked for work but did not found any luck. And at last she admitted herself of being dumb as she was not even knowing the language no any skill hence, she decided to be a servant to an Americanized Russian family.
Answer 5. (C) She will no longer work just any job in order to eat
After being humiliated but he Americanized Russian family, she realized that the reality is entirely different from from her dreams. From working in a seat shop to a local factory, she tried her best to get adjusted in the society but failure was all she had. Frustrated Yezierska decided that will no longer work as a slave though the matter is of saving her belly.
Answer 6.(B) Smile
The author suffers a lot in order to get settled in the city she always wanted to be but the reality taught her a lot of things. She was all alone in an entirely new city hunting job as she was not well aware of the language as well and the entire journey of her, she denotes it with smile in the literary form.
Answer 7.(A) They say they will pay her once she is worth something.
The host family she worked for treated her no more than a slave. She really worked hard and when the time arrived of providing her wages their family refused to pay her and told her that she will be paid once she is worth something. On the contrary, the host family told her that she should be giving them money as they provided her the opportunity to work, without even knowing the language.
Answer 8.(D) A poor immigrant neighborhood in a city
The term ghetto refers to the areas where minorities have been living. Keeping in view the meaning, author also uses the work in context. She refers to the immigrants who have been settles in the United states of America as their neighbors, as she was also one of those immigrants so no one but she can best explains it.
Answer 9.(A) Yezierska talks back to her boss and loses her job
Frustrated Yezierska finally opens up and speaks for herself. She was so frustrated under the circumstances that she did not even realize that she might lose her job which she eventually did. The author was tired of all the humiliations that she faced in her entire struggle of job hunting.
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