"The Great Stink" Storyworks Quiz

What caused the Great Stink in London, England, in 1858?

• streets filled with horse dung

• a river flooded with human waste

• garbage left outside of homes

• soot released into the air

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Why was the Great Stink dangerous?

• The smell traveled on the wind.

• The river flooded the streets.

• The sewage system fell apart.

• The water made people sick.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Sewage systems require many workers and a lot of money because they are ________.

• intricate

• putrid

• microscopic

• organic

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which line BEST supports the answer to question 3?

• "... the smell became a stench, and the stench became unbearable."

• "It took thousands of workers, 308 million bricks, 670,000 cubic meters of concrete ..."

• "... inspired similar building projects in cities around the world, including cities in the U.S., like New York."

• "Grown men and women fainted in the streets."

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is most likely the purpose of "Toilets of the Future"?

• to describe possible solutions for dealing with human waste

• to persuade readers to use a new kind of toilet

• to predict how future toilets will change people's lives

• to compare past, present, and future toilets

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What does organic mean in the sentence "These critters eat organic waste"?

• delicious

• disgusting

• recycled

• made from living things

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

The section "A New Crisis" relates to "Toilets of the Future" because it ...

• tells how many countries have functioning sewage systems

• argues that sewage systems are ineffective

• explains that current sewage systems many need to be replaced

• questions why the Great Stink occurred

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Both "The Great Stink" and "Toilets of the Future" describe why it is important to ...

• reduce climate changes

• build sewage systems

• keep toilets unclogged

• manage waste safely

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9