The subsection Poison Dust provides sufficient evidence for which of the following claims? The massive cleanup effort at Ground Zero took months to complete.

A thick dust covered survivors and first responders at Ground Zero.

The dust cloud that filled the streets of Lower Manhattan when the towers collapsed was full of cancer--causing agents.

Many 9/11 survivors and first responders have been diagnosed with cancers.
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Which piece of text evidence below most strongly supports your answer to the previous question?

A. When they arrived at Ground Zero, the air was full of debris.

B. Many of those workers raised concerns about the air quality in the days following the attack.

C. “Everyone had a half inch of white paste on their face… I do remember thinking that this is probably going to kill me,” he added.

D.“ I am glad to reassure the people of New York… that their air is safe to breathe.” Many workers returned to their jobs in Lower Manhattan.

3 Which of these details is relevant to the following claim:

The U. S. government has taken steps to help those affected by 9/11 related diseases.

A. Experts estimate that within a few years, the death toll from 9/11 illnesses will exceed the death toll from the horrific day itself.

B. Many first responders have had to stop working because of their health problems.

C. People living or working near the towers also experienced varying amounts of exposure, as did people involved in cleanup efforts in the weeks and months that followed.

D. The government created The World Trade Center Health Program to help victims of 9/11 related diseases.

4.Which claim below is most strongly supported by the graphic Partial List of Workers Involved in 9/11 Cleanup?

A. Thousands of workers participated in the cleanup at Ground Zero.

B. First responders, including police officers and firefighters, have been affected the most by 9/11 related diseases.

C. The number of deaths from 9/11 related illnesses continues to rise.

D. Workers from many different fields participated in cleanup work after 9/11.
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In the subsection Still Suffering, how does the author support the claim that the toxic dust cloud caused cancers to occur in those who breathed it?

A. The author provides numerical data to show the number of people enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program.

B. The author provides statistical data that compares the cancer rate amongst 9/11 first responders and the general population.

C. The author quotes former EPA head Christine Todd Whitman.

D. The author provides numerical data about the number of survivors who have since died.