1. In a Sept. 21 news release on a new maritime vessel scheduling system, the Hawaii Tourism Authority said that 134,254 people visited Hawaii by cruise ship in the first seven months of 2015. According to that news release, this number is how much of a decline from the same period last year?
A. 2.6 percent
B. 4.6 percent
C. 6.6 percent
D. 8.6 percent
E. 10.6 percent
2. On Sept. 17, the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations announced that Hawaii’s unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) during August of this year was 3.3 percent. What was Maui County’s unemployment (also not seasonally adjusted) during this same month?
A. 3.3 percent
B. 3.4 percent
C. 3.5 percent
D. 3.6 percent
E. 3.7 percent
3. On Sept. 14, the Maui Police Department arrested Devin Fulcher of Haiku for stealing something worth $57,000. What did Fulcher allegedly steal?
A. A 1975 Lamborghini
B. An old cabin cruiser
C. An 1890s-era bicycle
D. A backhoe
E. A drone
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ANSWERS
1: D–8.6 percent
2: B–3.4 percent
3: D–A backhoe
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