35 Rumors of a Shortage Comprehension Quiz

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

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

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

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)

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

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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"?

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

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"?

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.