The Garbage Barge Quiz!

In what year did the Garbage Barge make it's voyage?

• 2018

• 1978

• 2017

• 1987

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CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.2.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

What city/town did the garbage on the garbage barge come from?

• Oradell

• New Orleans

• Islip

• New York City

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CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.2.7

CCSS.RI.2.7

How many pounds (lbs) of garbage does the average American make in one day?

• 4 lbs

• 2 lbs

• 8 lbs

• 7 lbs.

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CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

How many tons of garbage did the garbage barge carry?

• 6,000 tons

• 3,168 tons

• 4,268 tons

• 2,100 tons

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CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.2.7

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

What state was the garbage originally supposed to be taken to?

• Texas

• North Carolina

• Georgia

• Louisiana

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

What was the name of the Captain of the tugboat in the story Here Comes the Garbage Barge?

• Cap'm Duffy Williams

• Cap'm Phil McHoot

• Cap'm Joseph James

• Cap'm Duffy St. Pierre

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

What was the second place that the Garbage Barge visited to dump its trash?

• Boston, MA

• New Orleans, LA

• Charleston, SC

• Houston, TX

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

What two foreign countries did the Garbage Barge visit trying to unload its trash? Check the boxes for the two countries.

• Mexico

• Brazil

• Jamaica

• Belize

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CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.2.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

How many days after the Garbage Barge set out did it finally reach it's final harbor in Brooklyn, NY?

• 200 days

• 113 days

• 162 days

• 98 days

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CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.2.7

CCSS.RI.2.7

What ended up happening to the garbage on the Garbage Barge?

• It was dumped on the streets of Brooklyn.

• It was incinerated and buried in a landfill in Islip, NY.

• It was incinerated and used as confetti for a parade.

• It was buried in Oradell, NJ.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2