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Declaration of the Rights of

the Child
The United Nations General Assembly

FIRST READ: Comprehension

Identify the choice that best answers the question.

1. According to the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, which of these benefits
are the right of every child? Choose three options.
a. parks and playgrounds
b. moral and material security
c. access to religious education
d. medical care before and after birth
e. privacy at home and in the community
f. both a mother and a father, whenever possible

2. Who should be mainly responsible for the welfare of children, according to the
Declaration of the Rights of the Child?
a. society
b. schools
c. parents
d. government

3. Which one of these rights does the Declaration of the Rights of the Child
guarantee to every child?
a. the right to choose whether to attend school
b. the right to receive an elementary education
c. the right to decide which school to attend
d. the right to get a free college education

4. Why did the United Nations decide that children deserved the special
protections listed in the Declaration of the Rights of the Child?
a. because of their age
b. because of their poverty
c. because of their inability to work
d. because of their status as migrants

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5. According to the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, which of these

activities is a right of children?
a. the right to leave home
b. the right to a lawyer
c. the right to work
d. the right to play

FIRST READ: Concept Vocabulary

Identify the choice that best answers the question.

6. What is the most likely meaning of entitled in the following sentences?

Nathan felt entitled to spend some time playing ball with his friends. “I deserve this
because I’ve been sitting in school all day,” he thought to himself.

a. asking to do something
b. wishing to do something
c. having a right to do something
d. giving up a right to do something

7. Which of the following situations could best be used to illustrate the meaning
of enactment? Base your answer on the meaning of enactment.
a. Many people are not interested in running for office, but they support
people who do.
b. When Congress passed the law, many people began to enjoy greater
privacy.
c. The senator announced that he would not seek another term in office.
d. The governor took a week off to enjoy the holidays with her family.

8. If a teacher says that a test is compulsory, what kind of test is it?

a. a test that must be taken
b. a test that has no time limit
c. a test that will be multiple choice
d. a test that is taken once each year

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CLOSE READ: Analyze the Text

Identify the choice that best answers the question.

9. Which statement from the Declaration of the Rights of the Child best
summarizes what the document is mainly about?
a. The child shall enjoy special protection, and shall be given opportunities
and facilities … to enable him to develop physically, mentally, morally,
spiritually and socially in a healthy and normal manner and in conditions
of freedom and dignity.
b. The child shall enjoy the benefits of social security. He shall be entitled
to grow and develop in health ….
c. The child, for the full and harmonious development of his personality,
needs love and understanding.
d. The child shall have full opportunity for play and recreation, which
should be directed to the same purposes as education; society and the
public authorities shall endeavor to promote the enjoyment of this right.

10. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A Which of the following is most likely the goal of the Declaration of the
Rights of the Child?
a. to convince people that children are too young to make decisions for
themselves
b. to ensure that children are not denied job opportunities because of their age
c. to influence governments and individuals to protect the rights of children
d. to establish a single international law that regulates the lives of children

Part B Which statement from the Declaration best supports the answer to
Part A?
a. THIS DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD … calls upon
parents, upon men and women as individuals … local authorities and
national governments to recognize these rights and strive for their
observance by legislative and other measures .…
b. Payment of State and other assistance towards the maintenance of children
of large families is desirable.
c. He shall be given an education which will promote his general culture and
enable him … to develop his abilities, his individual judgment, and his
sense of moral and social responsibility .…
d. The child shall be protected from practices which may foster racial,
religious and any other form of discrimination.

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11. Read this quotation from the Declaration of the Rights of the Child.
The child shall enjoy special protection, and shall be given opportunities and
facilities, by law and by other means, to enable him to develop … in conditions of
freedom and dignity. In the enactment of laws for this purpose, the best interests of
the child shall be the paramount consideration.

Which of the following is the best paraphrase, or restatement, of this quotation?

a. Children should be free from legal or other efforts to control them and
stifle their growth. They should have all rights that adults enjoy.
b. Children should be given their full freedom without unnecessary
interference by anyone but legal authorities. Laws should give children
the same freedoms as adults.
c. Children should be carefully protected and given every chance to grow
up in freedom and with self-respect. Laws should put the child's welfare
above any other concern.
d. Children should be protected and cared for by legal authorities so they do
not get involved in any criminal activities.

12. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A Which children are covered by the Declaration of the Rights of

the Child?
a. all children
b. poor children
c. American children
d. children of Western nations

Part B Which statement from the Declaration best supports the answer to
Part A?
a. Every child, without any exception whatsoever, shall be entitled to these
rights, without distinction or discrimination on account of race, color, sex,
language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin,
property, birth or other status, whether of himself or of his family.
b. The child who is physically, mentally or socially handicapped shall be
given the special treatment, education and care required by his particular
condition.
c. The child shall in all circumstances be among the first to receive protection
and relief.
d. The child shall be protected from practices which may foster racial,
religious and any other form of discrimination. He shall be brought up in a
spirit of understanding, tolerance, friendship among peoples, peace and
universal brotherhood ….

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CLOSE READ: Analyze Craft and Structure

Identify the choice that best answers the question.

13. What is the purpose of the paragraph that begins the Declaration of the Rights
of the Child?
a. to explain the penalties if the declaration is disregarded
b. to identify the countries covered by the declaration
c. to review how the declaration came into being
d. to present the goals of the declaration

14. Which of the following best explains why the Declaration of the Rights of the
Child is written as a list of principles?
a. to show the order in which the principles should be applied
b. to show that some principles are more important than others
c. to show that the principles are specific and distinct from one another
d. to show the order in which the United Nations approved the principles

15. Which of the following best describes the content of most of the paragraphs in
the Declaration of the Rights of the Child?
a. Each paragraph focuses on a different nation.
b. Each paragraph focuses on a particular right of the child.
c. Each paragraph focuses on an instance of children having their rights
ignored.
d. Each paragraph focuses on a theory about why some children do not have
basic rights.

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: Word Study

Identify the choice that best answers the question.

16. What is the meaning of the Latin root -puls-?

a. to hold or to get
b. to stop or to quit
c. to push or to drive
d. to release or to free

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17. The word impulse is made up of the root -puls- plus the prefix im-, which often
means “into” or “in.” Given this information, choose the correct meaning of the
word impulse.
a. a thoughtful decision
b. a sudden desire to act
c. a wishful daydreaming
d. a casual approach to life

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: Conventions

Identify the choice that best answers the question.

18. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A What is a pronoun in the nominative case?

a. a pronoun that takes the place of any noun
b. a pronoun that shows ownership of some object
c. a pronoun that is the object of a verb or a preposition
d. a pronoun that is the subject of a verb or is used after a linking verb

Part B Which underlined word in these sentences illustrates the answer to

Part A?
a. She waited for her turn on the swing.
b. We watched the children playing at the park.
c. The other children watched him catch the ball.
d. There was not enough time for everyone to have a turn.

19. Read this sentence. What is the case of the underlined pronoun?
Megan kept the text message so she could read it again.

a. objective case
b. subjective case
c. possessive case
d. nominative case

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20. Which pronoun can be correctly used to replace the underlined noun in this
sentence?
John’s bicycle was parked right outside the school entrance.

a. He
b. His
c. Him
d. He’s

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