Feel Good Story About the Hotel Boom in the Oil Patch

Link to InsideClimate News/The Dickinson Press:

Data points:

• 322 hotels and motels in North Dakota
• 37 new hotels and motels have been built since 2010; added about 2,300 rooms
• 35 hotels and/or motels are currently being planned or under construction; will add about 3,000 rooms

A quiz: 70 percent of new hotels and motels are in (multiple choice quiz):

a) Fargo
b) Dickinson
c) Parshall
d) the oil-producing region of the state

When I was in school, one of the first things I learned was to how to take multiple choice tests. First, throw out the two that couldn't possibly be the right answer: in this case, it would be Parshall and Dickinson (for two different reasons). One is left with Fargo and the oil-producing region. This could be a toughie. 50/50. Call a friend? I suppose one could note that answer (d) is the only one that is not the name of a city, making it the likely answer. But it could be a trick question. Fall back on most important rule in multiple choice questions. The answer is seldom (a).