35 Rumors of a Shortage Comprehension Quiz

What else, besides the "contents of a wastebasket" (paragraph 1), could be tamped down?

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Why to workers wait for six months before "scraping the dirt aside?" Why not after two weeks or two years?

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What kind of phrase is "making space for yet more trash?" What does it modify?

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What is the difference between a consumer, a business and a municipality? What do they all have in common that results in them all saving "billions of dollars a year?" (paragraph 3)

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In the first four paragraphs, landfills are also referred to as ___ and ___.

What does the text imply about the City of New York when it says the city "exports 25,000 tons of trash a day to other cities and states"?

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What does "coast to coast" mean? (paragraph 5)

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Draw a timeline that represents what is described in paragraph 6.

What is ironic about the statement "the industry and its followers have been relying on time"?

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The phrase "erasing the glut" is used in paragraph 7. What else could there be a glut of? Give an example from an authentic sentence.

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