“News Quiz” is a weekly feature that lets you test your knowledge of recent Link stories. The correct answers appear at the end.
1. Who wrote “Delivering for America: How the United States Postal Service Built a Nation,” the Postal Service’s new history book?
a) James H. Bruns
b) Winifred Gallagher
c) Stephen Kochersperger
d) Devin Leonard
2. Where did a fully automated Post Office open on Oct. 20, 1960?
a) Hartford, CT
b) Manchester, NH
c) Providence, RI
d) Springfield, MA
3. True or false: The Postal Service’s enhanced self-service kiosks have been shown to cut customer wait times in retail lobbies by 20 percent.
a) True
b) False
4. Fill in the blank: The USPS historian’s office recently published a biography of (blank), who served as postmaster general in the 1830s.
a) Francis Granger
b) Amos Kendall
c) John M. Niles
d) Charles A. Wickliffe
5. Match the Postal Service employee in Column A with the heroic act he or she recently performed in Column B.
Column A
a) Victor Castaneda, Glendale, CA, letter carrier
b) Patricia Durrell, Pomfret Center, CT, rural carrier
c) Nicholas Hernandez, Kihei, HI, rural carrier associate
d) Joseph Kornack, San Francisco carrier technician
Column B
I) Aided a man who had fallen on ice
II) Aided a woman who had fainted on a sidewalk
III) Helped extinguish a car fire
IV) Helped extinguish a residential fire
Answers: 1) a. 2) c. 3) b. The kiosks have been shown to cut wait times by 40 percent. 4) b. 5) a. IV., b. I., c. III., d. II.
