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Here's your shmoop du jour, brought to you by Passage to America. Only slightly longer

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than the passage you're about to read...

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Passage 2 differs from Passage 1 in that it...what?

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First things first... let's get rid of the ones that are obviously wrong.

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If we're paying attention--like, at all--we know that both of these passages discuss the

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topic of immigration.

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Choice (D) is easy to eliminate.

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Choice (E) is also simple to get rid of.

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Passage 2 focuses on discriminatory practices, a subject that isn't all puppies and rainbows.

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Unless we're talking about sad puppies and ugly rainbows.

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Whatever the case, Passage 2 is obviously far from "cheery," eliminating choice (E)

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The whole point of Passage 2 is that the officials

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on Ellis Island discriminated against women.

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Choice (A) is a definite no. What about C?

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Nuh-uh. Both passages discuss Ellis Island, so (C) is clearly wrong.

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Passage 1 reassures us that the "vast majority" of immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island

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eventually passed through.

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Since Passage 2 looks at the experiences of the two percent who didn't make it, (B) is

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the correct answer.

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