1. On the morning of Dec. 20, 500 gallons of raw sewage flowed from three manholes into a storm drain, all due to a failure at a nearby pump station, according to a County of Maui news release sent out later that day. In which town did this happen?
A. Kahului
B. Wailuku
C. Lahaina
D. Paia
E. Kihei
2. Last week, the state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs announced that Hawaii customers would share a $90 million settlement over “cramming”–where the phone company placed unnecessary charges on bills–according to a Dec. 19 DCCA news release. Which phone carrier agreed to the settlement?
A. AT&T
B. T-Mobile
C. Verizon
D. Sprint
E. All of the above
3. Last month, the island of Molokai experienced 14.2 percent unemployment, according to a Dec. 18 state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations news release. What was that island’s unemployment rate a year ago, during November 2013?
A. 6.7 percent
B. 7.7 percent
C. 8.7 percent
D. 9.7 percent
E. 10.7 percent
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ANSWERS
1: E–Kihei
2: B–T-Mobile
3: B–7.7 percent
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