The Great Stink

Reread the section “The Problem of Poop.” Which statement below BEST expresses a central idea of this section?

• Human waste can be used as fertilizer.

• At the time of the Great Stink, London was home to 2 million people.

• Finding ways to dispose of human waste has been a challenge for a long time.

• Flush toilets caused the Great Stink.

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What did the London government do to solve the problem?

• Built a new sewer system.

• Hid under ground.

• Nothing; they all died.

• Called the police.

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According to the caption at the top of page 18, how many miles of pipe did the new sewer system contain?

• 23 inches

• 3,000 miles

• 800 square feet

• 13,000 miles

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CCSS.RL.8.7

What was the Londoners most feared disease of all?

• cholera

• cancer

• headaches

• acid reflux

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Read this sentence from the article: An intricate web of stone sewers lay underneath the

ancient city of Rome to take waste out of the city.

What one word in this sentence is the context clue that tells us the word intricate means detailed and complex?

• ancient

• city

• web

• waste

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