“News Quiz” is a weekly feature that lets you test your knowledge of recent Link stories. The correct answers appear at the end.
1. USPS is testing a new Informed Delivery feature that lets users know when certain mailpieces are delivered. What mailpieces are involved?
a) Letter-size mail and flat-size mail
b) Letter-size mail, flat-size mail and packages
c) Packages
d) None of the above
2. True or false: During the coronavirus pandemic, Postal Service employees who want to wear a face covering may request a surgical mask from a supervisor or bring their own personal cloth face covering for use while on duty.
a) True
b) False
3. Fill in the blank: Customers who meet certain criteria can request a special exemption to ship increased quantities of some (blank).
a) Disinfecting wipes
b) Hand sanitizers
c) All of the above
d) None of the above
4. How many USPS employees are covered by the organization’s new labor contract with the National Postal Mail Handlers Union?
a) 4,300
b) 43,000
c) 430,000
d) 4.3 million
5. Where did Gail Etienne-Stripling, a USPS mail processing clerk, help integrate public schools as a child during the 1960s?
a) Corpus Christi, TX
b) Little Rock, AR
c) Tulsa, OK
d) None of the above
Answers: 1) a. 2) a. 3) c. 4) b. 5) d. Etienne-Stripling helped integrate New Orleans public schools as a child.