Know your rights

If a police officer or immigration officer talks to you, what does the right to remain silent allow you to do?

• Talk a lot and answer everything.

• Stay quiet and do not answer questions.

• Run away from them.

• Show them papers that are not real.

Can you ask the officer if you are allowed to leave?

• No, you must always stay.

• Yes, you can ask if you are free to go.

• Only if you are a grown-up.

• Only if you have a special card.

If an officer asks where you were born, what can you choose to do?

• Tell them a different place.

• You must tell them the truth.

• You can choose not to tell them.

• Show them a fake ID card.

If you want to stay quiet, what should you say?

• Say "I want to stay quiet" out loud.

• Just think it in your head.

• Write it on a piece of paper.

• Whisper it very softly.

If an officer wants to look in your bag or clothes, but you are not arrested, what can you say?

• "Yes, you can look."

• "No, you cannot look."

• "Only if you promise to be quick."

• "I will look for you."

If you are taken by officers, what is the most important person to ask to talk to?

• Your best friend.

• Your teacher.

• A lawyer.

• Your favorite movie star.

Before you put your name on any paper, what should you do?

• Sign it very fast.

• Ask someone else to sign it.

• Make sure you know what the paper means.

• Draw a picture on it.

What does the freedom of assembly allow people to do?

• Start a business

• Gather together peacefully

• Write new laws

• Choose the president

Which amendment gives the following rights/freedoms: Freedom of speech, religion, press, assemble and petition? (a)  

• 2nd Amendment
• 3rd Amendment
• 1st Amendment
• 4th Amendment

Which freedom lets you ask the government to change something you think is wrong?

• Freedom of petition

• Freedom of speech

• Freedom of religion

• Freedom of the press