Here’s Link’s latest “News quiz,” a weekly feature that invites readers to test their knowledge of recent stories. The correct answers appear at the end.
1. Fill in the blank: The Postal Service reported (blank) in controllable income for fiscal 2018’s first quarter (Oct. 1-Dec. 31, 2017).
a) $3,530
b) $3.53 million
c) $35.3 million
d) $353 million
2. When did USPS launch the #PostalProud initiative?
a) 2013
b) 2014
c) 2015
d) 2016
3. True or false: Half of U.S. households read catalogs they receive in the mail.
a) True
b) False
4. Where does Letter Carrier Sasa Maksimovic work?
a) Burlington, VT
b) Memphis, TN
c) Rutland, VT
d Washington, DC
5. Where in Poconos, PA, is Steve Harvey sending the New Jersey middle-school students whose letter-writing campaign provided Gilbert and Grace Caldwell with a second honeymoon?
a) Great Bear Lodge
b) Great Eagle Lodge
c) Great Fox Lodge
d) Great Wolf Lodge
Answers: 1) d. 2) c. 3) b. 4) c. 5) d.
Look for a new quiz next week and share your feedback with Link at uspslink@usps.gov.