Close Reading: Lines 24 - 27 read: "You couldn't be American if you were blind or going to be blind. That much she understood." What does this tell you about the medical examination from the perspective of arriving immigrants?

Immigrants could be blind.

Explanation: This is because the question asks about immiagrants and it says the immagrant could not be American if they were blind.

one of these is the rhoticity common in most american accents, because in the 17th century, when english was brought to the americas, most english in england was also rhotic.