PART A: What is the central idea of the text?
A. Children work for cocoa farmers because they think that it will be safe and fun.
B. Children are paid well for the dangerous work they do picking cocoa beans for
chocolate.
C. Children are forced to pick cocoa beans for chocolate because adults cannot do
the work.
D. Children work in unsafe environments for little or no money to pick cocoa beans
for chocolate.
PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “Have you had some chocolate recently? Most Americans eat about 12 pounds of it each year!” (Paragraph 1)
B. “They sleep in dirty rooms, work 12-hour days without pay, are fed very little,
and are sometimes whipped.” (Paragraph 3)
C. “Without help from their children, the farmers would not be able to buy food.” (Paragraph 4)
D. “The Rainforest Alliance is also working to improve life for farmers, teaching
them ways to protect soils, waterways, and wildlife while increasing their yields.” (Paragraph 7)

PART A

D. Children work in unsafe environments for little or no money to pick cocoa beans

for chocolate.

PART B

B. “They sleep in dirty rooms, work 12-hour days without pay, are fed very little,

and are sometimes whipped.” (Paragraph 3)

Explanation:

From the article Child Labor in Cocoa Production, the slavery the children who are forced to work on cocoa farms are highlighted and the basic reason why they are easy targets are also discussed.

The children work in an unsafe environment, are paid very little, forced to overwork and are sometimes whipped.

compare & contrast informative essay/speech

when speaking or writing for the sole purpose of providing information in order to give audience members a good basis for making a decision, you would present an informative speech or essay.   because you wouldn’t want to be persuading the audience by arguing for one type of exercise over the other, you wouldn’t choose a persuasive/argumentative technique.   to fairly, and without bias, present information about the pros and cons of each type exercise, a compare/contrast, informative speech/essay would be the best bet.

16.) true

17.) true

18.) no information in the text

19.) false

20.) no information in the text