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1. Pope Francis made a trip to what continent, stressing the need to protect the poor and the environment from exploitation and to foster dialogue among all sectors of society?

A. South America

B. Asia

C. Africa

D. Europe

E. Australia

2. What celebrity was accused of taking water from a fire hydrant to use on his California ranch?

A. Magic Johnson

B. Tom Selleck

C. Tom Cruise

D. Mike Trout

3. The Spokane chapter of the NAACP, still recovering from the Rachel Dolezal controversy, is now being led by whom?

A. Sally Jackson

B. Sabrina Johnson

C. Victoria Smith

D. Naima Quarles-Burnley

E. Barbara Davis

4. Britons paused in silence, laid flowers and lit candles to mark the 10th anniversary of what tragedy?

A. The sinking of the ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise

B. The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103

C. A crash of two high-speed passenger trains that collided at Ladbroke Grove rail junction

D. Suicide bombings on London’s transit system

5. What state’s legislative body voted to take down the Confederate battle flag from the Capitol grounds more than five decades after it was first flown above the Statehouse to protest integration?

A. Texas

B. Georgia

C. Mississippi

D. South Carolina

E. Florida