PART A: Which statement identifies a central idea of the text? A. Playing chess gives young offenders in the criminal justice system the chance to be regular kids for a bew hours.
B. Studies have shown that the Chess for Life program has helped young offenders be well adjusted and return to society.
C. t’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.
D. Researchers believe teaching young offenders life skills through chess could be more helpful than punishment in preventing them from reoffending.

PART B: Which detail from the text best supports your answer from PART A?
A. “Sentencing practices for youth who engage in non-violent crimes have traditoinally adopted a punitive approach--for example, ordering time in a juvenile detention centre.” (Paragraph 5)
B. “They say they really like how quiet the room is and that for the couple of hours they’re in the classroom, things slow down and it’s just chess.” (Paragraph 14)
C. “Perhaps the most revealing comment one youth has shared--reflecting the positive influence of the program--is that he wishes he had ‘learned to play chess a lot earlier.;” (Paragraph 18)
D. “...initial observations suggest the Chess for Life program is a good alternate sentence choice for helping these young people get their lives back on track.” (Paragraph 20)