How well did you follow the news this past week? How many of these 10 questions can you get right?
How well did you follow the news this past week? How many of these 10 questions can you get right?
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The Learning Network|Weekly News Quiz for Students: School Shooting, E.P.A., Taylor Swift
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The Learning Network|Weekly News Quiz for Students
Weekly News Quiz for Students: School Shooting, E.P.A., Taylor Swift
Compiled byJEREMY ENGLEandJOHN OTISNOV. 19, 2019

Above is an image related to one of the news stories we followed over the past week. Do you know what it shows? At the bottom of this quiz, you’ll find the answer.
Have you been paying attention to the news recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.
It was the latest example of a wrenching sequence that has become a recurring nightmare for families in America: This time it was a little after 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 14 when a young man opened fire at Saugus High School in, killing two students and wounding three others before turning the gun on himself, authorities said.
Alexandria, Va.
Chicago, Ill.
Santa Clarita, Calif.
Wichita, Kan.
After weeks of largely closed-door testimony, the investigation into whether President Trump abused his power in his dealings with Ukraine entered a new phase on Nov. 13 with a public hearing before the House Intelligence Committee. It is only thetime in modern U.S. history that a public hearing is considering the impeachment of a president.
second
third
fifth
sixth
An Arctic blast sent the U.S. into a deep freeze this past week, stretching from the Rocky Mountains to New England, breaking over 150records across the eastern half of the country.
daily-temperature
rainfall
snowfall
wind speed
in the United States hit a 16-year high in 2018, the F.B.I. said on Nov. 12.
Arson cases
Driving fatalities
Hate-crime violence
Homicides
The Trump administration is preparing to significantly limit thethat the government can use to determine public health regulations.
amount of money
influence of insurance companies
number of doctors
scientific and medical research
Taylor Swift announced on social media that she was beingby the executives who own the master recordings for her first six multiplatinum albums and called on her fervent army of fans to express their displeasure with the men responsible.
blocked from performing her old songs
denied royalty payments
dropped from her label
sued for plagiarism
President Trump cleared three members of the armed services on Nov. 15 who have been accused or convicted of, overruling military leaders who had sought to punish them.
desertion
insubordination
treason
war crimes
The former San Francisco 49ers star’s much-anticipated tryout for N.F.L. team scouts was derailed on Nov. 16 amid a disagreement over media access.
Andrew Luck
Colin Kaepernick
Joe Montana
Tim Tebow
New Jersey has demanded that Uber pay $649 million for years of unpaid employment taxes for its drivers, arguing that the company had.
used discriminatory hiring practices
misclassified its workers as independent contractors rather than employees
illegally blocked attempts by its drivers to form a union
not conducted proper due diligence to ensure its employees' safety
Three of the health-related articles below were recently published in The New York Times. One is from the satirical site The Onion. Which is the fake news story?
“Experts Back Mandatory Bike Helmets but Not All Cyclists Are Sold”
“New Fitness Tracker Monitors Amount of Exercise Users Watch on TV”
“New TB Vaccine Could Save Millions of Lives, Study Suggests”
“Trump Retreats From Flavor Ban for E-Cigarettes”
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