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If you followed the news last week, you could be a winner in our weekly news quiz. Warm up by taking the newspaper version, and then go to www.spokesman. com/newsquiz, where top entries go into a drawing for a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel, and all entries go into a drawing for movie tickets.

1. Spokane County has agreed to pay a $350,000 settlement over the jailing of whom?

A. Demonstrators protesting coal and oil trains

B. People arrested for failing to stop for pedestrians

C. Cyclists who refuse to wear helmets

D. People jailed for failing to pay court-ordered fines

E. People who don’t shovel their sidewalks in winter

2. Swimmer Emma Schanz, of Colville, has excelled at swimming even though there is no regulation-size pool in her hometown. Where does she practice?

A. In the Columbia River

B. In a pond behind her family home

C. In a hotel pool in her hometown

D. In a home workout pool that uses water jets to create resistance

E. She does dry land practices at her home

3. Under Mayor David Condon’s proposed city budget the mayor’s salary would be more than what official’s?

A. Fire Chief Bobby Williams

B. Gov. Jay Inslee

C. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers

D. All of the above

E. None of the above

4. Wolves will remain a protected species in Washington until what happens?

A. Fifteen breeding pairs are documented for three years

B. More than 200 wolves are counted statewide

C. Wolves are documented in 90 percent of their traditional habitat in the state

D. At least 20 packs are documented statewide

E. All of the above

5. The November ballot for Spokane residents will include what road project funding issue?

A. A 10-year bond

B. A 10-year levy

C. A 20-year bond

D. A 20-year levy

E. A levy with no expiration date