1. On Jan. 28, Haleakala National Park officials announced that they’d received a series of grants to allow them to expand the protected habitat of the ‘ua‘u (Hawaiian petrel) by 1,450 acres. How much of the park is already protected habitat for the endangered bird?
A. 5,000 acres
B. 10,000 acres
C. 15,000 acres
D. 20,000 acres
E. 25,000 acres
2. Because Hawaii doesn’t require real estate investment trusts to pay corporate income taxes, the state loses a great deal of money each year, according to a Jan. 31 Honolulu Civil Beat story. How much money did the state lose last year because of this tax break?
A. $3.3 million
B. $8.3 million
C. $10.3 million
D. $13.3 million
E. $16.3 million
3. It took The Maui News four days to run a story on the death of local developer Jesse Spencer (He died on Jan. 18, and the story ran on Jan. 22). By contrast, how many days did it take the paper to write about the passing of local artist Pat Masumoto, who died on Jan. 22?
A. Four days
B. Five days
C. Six days
D. Seven days
E. The paper has still not written about her passing.
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1: C–15,000 acres
2: E–$16.3 million
3: E–The paper has still not written about her passing. (NOTE: The Maui News finally wrote about Masumoto’s passing on Feb. 4, one day after this MauiTime story went to press and nearly two weeks after her death).
Photo of a Hawaiian petrel: Andre Raine/USFWS Pacific Region
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