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More tests of "feeblemindedness" used to determine which immigrants are admitted at Ellis Island.

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In addition to the Binet-Simon test, other tests include solving wooden jigsaw puzzles. These tests are put in place to determine who may "become a burden to the State or who may produce offspring that will require care in prisons, asylums or other institutions" (Cohen, 2017). The jigsaw puzzle, called the "Feature Profile Test," asks immigrants to put together a puzzle in the shape of a human face. Not taken into consideration is the exhaustion, fear, and cultural confusion of those who arrive.