Current Event

President Biden said on March 2 that the United States was “on track” to have enough supply of coronavirus vaccines “for every adult in America by____ ,” accelerating his effort to deliver the nation from the worst public health crisis in a century.

• April 1

• End of May

• September

• 2022

On March 5, _____ became the first ____ to visit Iraq, seeking to help heal a nation uniquely wounded by violent sectarianism, foreign adventurism and the persecution of minority populations.

• Joe Biden; U.S. President

• Naruhito; Emperor of Japan

• Pope Francis; leader of the Roman Catholic Church

• Tenzin Gyatso; Dalai Lama

President Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion stimulus bill passed a deeply divided Senate on March 6, as Democrats pushed through a pandemic aid plan that includes an extraordinary increase in safety net spending in the largest anti-poverty effort in a generation.

Which of the following provisions is NOT in the bill?

• The bill earmarks $350 billion for states, local governments, territories and tribal governments.

• The bill provides another round of one-time direct payments of up to $1,400 for millions of Americans.

• The bill raises the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour.

• The bill would temporarily expand the child tax credit to as much as $3,600 for children up to age 5 and as much as $3,000 for children 6 to 17.

In a bombshell interview with _____ that aired on March 7, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, revealed that her life as a member of the British royal family had become so emotionally desolate that she contemplated suicide.

• Katie Couric

• Megyn Kelly

• Oprah Winfrey

• Robin Roberts

Hundreds of girls who were abducted last month from their boarding school in ____ by a group of armed men have been released, a local official said on March 2, the second time in less than a week that gunmen have returned kidnapped schoolchildren in the country.

• the Democratic Republic of Congo

• Egypt

• Nigeria

• Somalia

A new basketball league, Overtime Elite, is starting a venture that will compete directly with the N.C.A.A., most notably by _____

• allowing men and women to play together on the same teams

• hosting games and tournaments all year long

• letting players personalize their uniforms

• paying high school basketball players $100,000 salaries

For a few days each month, the moon has a that flickers when meteors bombard it, scientists reported last week.

• “comet-like” tail of sodium

• small rainbow

• tiny moon orbiting it

• volcanic cone

The governor of ___________________ has been in the news lately, as even those of his own party tell him to step down.

• New York

• Florida

• California

• New Hampshire

Why will people in most states need to remember to do something important before they go to bed Saturday night?

(Which is written in the correct AP Printable Format?)

• Daylight Saving Time

• Daylight Savings Time

• Day-light Savings Time

• Day-light Saving Time

The controversial trial of Derek Chauvin, charged in the death of ______________________ begins this week in Minnesota.

• George Floyd

• Harriet Tubman

• Kuranda Phillips

• James Joyce