A Child Called "It"

What does Dave's father promise him as they talk quietly together?

• a new toy

• some food

• that he will get them out of the "madhouse"

• to help him with the dishes

Dave's mother offers him food after many days. What does she do when he is about to eat it?

• She snatches the plate away

• She feeds it to the dogs

• She adds more to the plate

• She sprinkles ammonia

What is the one thing Dave wants, even more than food?

• To visit the Russian River every summer

• A brand new toy top

• Some new clothes

• respect and dignity

What new torture does Dave's mother come up with when she sends him to clean the bathroom?

• to sit on his hands for hours at a time

• clean with ammonia and clorox

• stay awake all night

• wash the dishes in the bathtub

What does Dave say when people at school ask him the cause of his bruises?

• He says that he is clumsy

• He uses made up excuses his mother told him to say

• He mumbles

• a friend was concerned

How is Dave treated by the rest of the family when his mother is in the hospital?

• The same

• Like on of the boys, he was allowed to play and eat

What does Dave refuse to do despite how his mother treats him?

• eat

• show emotion, cry

• read

• go to school

What does Dave bring himself to eat after he finishes the breakfast dishes one day?

• pancakes

• tacos

• water

• ammonia

When does Dave believe he will be free of his mother?

• When the CPS lady would report her findings

• When Mother would die

• When he moves out with Father

• When he would die

Once school starts again in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food, what is Dave's mother feeding him?

• No breakfast and a full dinner
• Leftover cereal from the his brothers and no dinner
• Leftover cereal for breakfast and a regular dinner.
• Stale bread.