PART A: Which statement identifies a central idea of the text? Playing chess gives young offenders in the criminal justice system the chance to be regular kids for a bew hours.
Studies have shown that the Chess for Life program has helped young offenders be well adjusted and return to society.
It’s important for young offenders to experience a combination of punitive justice and habilitation to understand what they did wrong and not do it again.
Researchers believe teaching young offenders life skills through chess could be more helpful than punishment in preventing them from reoffending.

Read the excerpt from a history of the world in 100 objects. power is usually not willingly given, but forcefully taken; and in both europe and america the nineteenth century was punctuated by political protest, with periodic revolutions on the continent, the civil war in america and, in britain, a steady struggle to widen the suffrage. what would be a benefit of reading this text rather than listening to an audio version of it? the reader could analyze the text features in the excerpt. the reader could visualize the description given. the reader could set his or her own pace and reread parts for clarity. the reader could hear the sounds of the political protest.