What conclusion can you make based on the
information in the text?
I was left alone in the room for M-E-N. I examined it with
great care - the smooth enamel bowl with water in the
bottom, the wooden lid with a large hole that looked like
a horse collar, the small brown box up near the ceiling,
the chain hanging from it. Pressed for time I finally
decided it was safe enough to try.
The author grew up in a home that had modern
plumbing
O The author was not familiar with a modern public
toilet
O Details about how things worked were not important
to the author