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What do you know about the last-mile delivery network bids?

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Last-mile delivery from thousands of destination delivery units, or DDUs, is newly available to Parcel Select shipping customers through the Postal Service’s new bid solicitation platform.

“News Quiz” is a weekly feature that lets you test your knowledge of recent Link stories. The correct answers appear at the end.  

1. How many delivery destination units and local processing centers are available to shipping customers who bid successfully to access the Postal Service’s last-mile delivery network?

a) 13,500

b) 15,000

c) 16,500

d) 18,000

2. What is the primary image featured on the new Colorado Statehood stamp?

a) Castle Peak

b) Jagged Mountain

c) Mount Elbert

d) Pike’s Peak

3. How many postcards does The Lost Kitchen restaurant in Maine receive each year for its mail-only dinner reservation lottery?  

a) 20,000

b) 28,000

c) 40,000

d) 65,000

4. At what medical facility did the mother-daughter duo of customer retention agents Shelli Larkins and Kristina Kirby undergo a successful kidney transplant procedure?

a) Akron General Hospital

b) Johns Hopkins Hospital

c) Mayo Clinic

d) University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

5. How did Glen Rose, TX, Rural Carrier Kilie Layland help save a customer’s life? 

a) She and another motorist administered CPR.

b) She drove the customer to the hospital. 

c) She stopped the customer’s severe bleeding.

d) She used a defibrillator to resuscitate the victim

Answers: 1) d. 2) b. 3) d. 4) d. 5) a.