“News Quiz” is a weekly feature that lets you test your knowledge of recent Link stories. The correct answers appear at the end.
1. Fill in the blank: According to USPS, there were more than (blank) reported dog attacks on employees in 2024.
a) 6,000
b) 7,000
c) 8,000
d) 9,000
2. When was the U.S. Post Office Department transformed into the U.S. Postal Service?
a) July 26, 1775
b) March 3, 1863
c) October 1, 1955
d) July 1, 1971
3. What should a USPS facility manager do with unwanted postal artifacts?
a) Contact local postmasters to see if they want the items.
b) Donate the items to the National Postal Museum.
c) Email a photo and description of each item to the USPS historian’s office.
d) Sell the items on eBay and send the proceeds to the postmaster general’s office.
4. To promote semipostal stamps, employees can order special T-shirts, at their own expense, from which of the following USPS-licensed providers?
a) MT Enterprises
b) Rotten Cotton
c) Ted’s Threads
d) Tee Luv
5. Frances Reynolds, the USPS retail associate in Talkeetna, AK, who hosts a radio program on KTNA-FM, hails from what state?
a) Arizona
b) California
c) Nevada
d) Oregon
Answers: 1) a. 2) d. 3) c. 4) d. 5) a.
