Premise: A post could also rationalize its prices by reflecting the cost of service to different areas.

Hypothesis: The cost of service may be different in certain areas.
Answer: yes

Premise: These represent an average loss of 160 million pieces or less than 0.2 percent of First-Class Mail annually.

Hypothesis: Millions of items get lost in the mail every year.
Answer: yes

Premise: MAST has been self-administered and used in a computer format.

Hypothesis: MAST is a test of sobriety used to evaluate office performance.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: Archaeologists are still debating about the exact chronology of certain Egyptian dynasties and individual rulers, however, general agreement exists on the division of history into set phases, giving a name to each.

Hypothesis: Archeologists have uncovered all the secrets of the Egyptian dynasties, down to the exact chronology of individual rulers.
Answer: no