1. How did a Wallenpaupack Area High School graduate raise $20,000 for the Commonwealth Medical College?
A. He organized a car wash featuring cheerleaders and football players.
B. He made garden gnomes and sold them on eBay.
C. He made bookmarks out of old greeting cards and sold them in Wayne, Pike and Monroe counties.
D. He set up a website featuring testimonials from TCMC students.
2. What did the executive producer of "The Office" announce about the NBC show last week?
A. They would be taping an entire season on location in Scranton.
B. They would hold another Office Convention featuring visits from the show's stars.
C. They would be holding a contest in which Scranton residents could get parts as extras on the show.
D. Next spring would be the show's final season.
3. A mother and son from Susquehanna County appeared in court in Binghamton last week and admitted to ...
A. stealing more than $14 million from a Broome County, N.Y., federal credit union.
B. breaking into cars to steal mix CDs and tapes.
C. smuggling exotic pets into the area from South America.
D. making blue-tinged methamphetamine in a camper.
4. What was found in a 17-year-old West Scranton student's locker last week?
A. Books and pencils
B. A gun
C. A knife
D. Copies of answer keys to several midterm exams
5. Why do Scott Twp. Sewer Authority officials think the monthly sewer bills will rise by about $3 soon?
A. They must expand the system to serve every household in the township.
B. They need to rip out sewer mains and reinstall them.
C. They miscalculated the amount needed for maintenance and repairs.
D. They took out a $1 million loan to resurface roads damaged during construction.
6. Three Allentown residents were arrested last week after they allegedly used counterfeit $100 bills to ...
A. donate to the campaign of Todd Akin, the GOP candidate in the Missouri Senate race.
B. fund a $4,100 shopping spree at several stores in Dickson City.
C. buy a 1971 Ford Pinto advertised on Craigslist.
D. rent a four-bedroom apartment in Throop.
7. Why were firetrucks and ambulances on Boulevard Avenue in Throop on Friday?
A. A fire damaged a dozen homes.
B. They were protesting pay cuts suggested by the state.
C. They were calling attention to a bake sale fundraiser for the fire company.
D. They were participating in Throop Fire Department's annual parade.
8. Why were state troopers at the Viewmont Mall on Thursday?
A. They were busting a shoplifting ring.
B. They were investigating a kidnapping.
C. They arrested a guy for allegedly selling heroin.
D. All of the above
9. The recovery plan Scranton adopted last week calls for a cumulative tax hike over three years of ...
A. 300 percent.
B. 79 percent.
C. 10 percent.
D. 0 percent.
10. Why has PennDOT closed the on-ramp at I-81 south at North Main Avenue in Dickson City?
A. To allow work on bridges over the Lackawanna River and over Main Avenue.
B. There was a bomb threat.
C. The road was deteriorating and no money is available to maintain it.
D. To install toll booths.Answers: 1. C; 2. D; 3. A; 4. B; 5. D; 6. B; 7. D; 8. C; 9. B; 10. A