1. Choose the TWO pieces of text evidence from “The Great Stink” and “Toilets of the Future” that best support the statement below.

Unsafe sanitation is a major health problem.
A “People miles away threw up after catching a whiff on the wind.” (p. 18)
B “London had already suffered three major cholera epidemics. More than 30,000 people had
died.” (p. 19)
C “Overloaded with human waste, the Thames grew thick, brown, and foul.” (p. 18)
D “According to the World Health Organization, hundreds of thousands of people die every year
from diseases related to unsafe sanitation.” (p. 20)

2. Choose the ONE piece of text evidence from “The Great Stink” that best supports
the statement below. Then complete the sentence to explain your choice.

The 19th century was a time of rapid change in London.
A “Kids stand on street corners, selling newspapers and cigars and fried fish.” (p. 17)
B “When they were full, a ‘night soil man’ would shovel out the waste and sell it to farmers to use
as fertilizer.” (p. 18)
C “Between 1800 and 1850, London’s population more than doubled.” (p. 18)
3. Read the lines below from “The Great Stink” and “Toilets of the Future.” Then
write a statement that they all support.
A “Today, 4.5 billion people around the world do not have access to safe sanitation—that is, a
way to dispose of human waste that won’t harm people or the environment.” (p. 20)
B “According to the World Health Organization, hundreds of thousands of people die every year
from diseases related to unsafe sanitation.” (p. 20)
C “Under these pressures, the original sewers—once a dazzling modern wonder—have begun to
leak, break, clog, and overflow.” (p. 20)