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In 1775, what was Abigail making when she boiled fat and ashes together?

soap

bacon

perfume

medicine

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You can infer that one reason most ancient people didn’t use soap made of fat and ashes to wash their bodies is that___.

they preferred to use gel soap

all soaps were made in Connecticut

the soap smelled too sweet

the soap made their skin itchy

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Based on the article, during Abigail’s time, many people thought bathing was ______.

relaxing

dangerous

funny

healthy

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Which statement tells you that people thought bathing was dangerous?

“But they cost a lot of money.”

“Abigail would have used the soap to clean her home.”

“Humans began making soap this way nearly 5,000 years ago.”

“They believed that dirt helped block diseases from entering the body.”

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In the late 1800s, scientists learned ______.

how to make soap from ashes

how to make sweet-smelling soaps

that bathing is not needed to be healthy

that diseases are caused by living things called germs

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Which sentence best tells the main idea of “The Dirty History of Soap”?

People never washed themselves because they hated the smell of soap.

People made soap from ashes and meat.

People tried many different ways to make soap before finding the best one.

People have made soap for many years and now use it to wash away germs.

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Based on “Lending a Clean Hand,” Jayden Perez collected and donated hand sanitizers to his community because ____.

hand sanitizers were hard to find

he was working on a school project

his mother is an emergency worker

his community ran out of soap

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Americans came to love the convenience of hand sanitizer.” Convenience means that people found hand sanitizer ______.

expensive

difficult

easy

fun

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Long ago, many people did not bathe with soap because they ______.

cleaned themselves with fat

thought water alone killed germs

thought bathing would make them sick

didn’t get very dirty

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What are most soaps made with these days?

ashes

fat

jelly

chemicals

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In 1775, what two things did Abigail Foote boil together to make soap?

ashes and fat

salt and fat

perfume and ashes

ashes and jelly

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Only rich people used the first sweet smelling European soaps because they were ______ .

expensive

greasy

slippery

harsh

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Elijah realized that the house was ancient once he noticed the walls were old and crumbling. What does ancient mean?

brand new

ugly

broken

from a long time ago

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After dinner, my sister clears the table and uses cleansers to wash the dishes. What are cleansers?

cloth or rag

substances used for cleaning

dirty dishes

sponges

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After a fire damaged the neighbors’ house, Jordan’s family donated clothing and food. What does donated mean?

destroyed the house

to take something from someone in need

to give something to a person in need

to buy something

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Kara disinfected her water bottle after she shared it with a friend. What does disinfected mean?

to rinse it out

to make it dirty

to share with a friend

to clean with a chemical that kills germs

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