directions: for the following questions, choo...

directions: for the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences.\n1. which detail best supports the idea that ppg knew their chemical dumping could have negative effects on the environment?\na. \the next afternoon, shermans boss asked him to help search for the bodies of the dead workers.\ (paragraph 4)\nb. \eventually the general foreman issued badges to the workers to record any overexposure to dangerous chemicals, sherman says, but the foreman made fun of them.\ (paragraph 10)\nc. \he was told to take on another ominous job. it was to be done twice a day, usually after dusk, and always in secret.\ (paragraph 13)\nd. \in 1980, after 15 years of working at ppg, sherman was summoned and found himself facing a seven - member termination committee.\ (paragraph 21)\n2. which detail best supports the idea that environmental damage can affect an entire community?\na. \acid had so decomposed the body of one of the three victims that his remains came out in pieces in the sewer that drained into a nearby bayou.\ (paragraph 4)\nb. \as a result of the things he suffered, saw, and was ordered to do as a pipefitter in the petrochemical plant, sherman became an ardent environmentalist.\ (paragraph 12)\nc. \a calcasieu advisory task force met to discuss the surrounding waterways, to describe them as impaired, and to consider issuing a seafood advisory, warning people to limit their consumption of local fish.\ (paragraph 22)\nd. \burton coliseum, the largest public meeting place in lake charles at the time, was filled with about a thousand angry fishermen and others in the fish industry.\ (paragraph 27)\n3. how does paragraph 12 help develop the authors claim?\na. by describing the typical health of a male ppg employee living in calcasieu parish compared to the average health of a male in the us\nb. by citing data to suggest a relationship between ppg and the negative health of the surrounding community\nc. by mentioning the statistics on rising cancer rates in america and connecting them to lee shermans health issues\nd. by outlining shermans work as an environmentalist in order to raise awareness about toxins

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# Brief Explanations: 1. Option C suggests PPG knew about the negative environmental impacts as the job was done in secret, which implies awareness of impropriety. 2. Option C shows how environmental damage affected the local waterways and led to a seafood advisory, impacting the entire community. 3. Paragraph 12 outlines Sherman's transformation into an environmentalist, which helps raise awareness about toxins, as stated in Option D. # Answer: 1. C. "he was told to take on another ominous job. It was to be done twice a day, usually after dusk, and always in secret." (Paragraph 13) 2. C. "A Calcasieu Advisory Task Force met to discuss the surrounding waterways, to describe them as 'impaired', and to consider issuing a seafood advisory, warning people to limit their consumption of local fish." (Paragraph 22) 3. D. by outlining Sherman's work as an environmentalist in order to raise awareness about toxins