“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 packages can USPS process each day thanks to the addition of 614 state-of-the-art sorting machines during the past five years?
a) 60 million
b) 66 million
c) 74 million
d) 88 million
2. What is the subject of “Ambush in Andrews,” the Postal Inspection Service’s first-ever in-house documentary?
a) The harassment of a letter carrier at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland
b) The murder of a rural carrier in South Carolina
c) The theft of 10 packages containing cocaine
d) The theft of a USPS truck in Texas
3. What is the name of Ocala, FL, Customer Service Support Supervisor Robert Rivera’s baseball-themed YouTube channel?
a) “Ball Four”
b) “Over the Fence”
c) “Who’s on First: The Show”
d) “You’re Out!”
4. What was Retail Associate Rosalind Smith’s role in delivering a long-lost wedding photo to a couple in Harvest, AL?
a) She found the photo behind a Post Office cabinet.
b) She found the photo on the side of the road.
c) She provided important information to postal inspectors.
d) She recognized the husband when he came into the Post Office.
5. How did Eaton, OH, Rural Carrier Annette Smith save a woman from the second floor of a burning house?
a) She backed her postal vehicle to the house so the woman could jump onto its roof.
b) She called 911 and kept the woman calm while awaiting rescuers.
c) She leaned a ladder up against the house so the woman could escape.
d) She ran into the house and carried the woman outside to safety.
Answers: 1) d. 2) b. 3) c. 4) d. 5) a.
