A Child Called “IT” by Dave Pelzer
Chapter Six “While Father Is Away”
Directions: Answer the following questions using details from the book.
1. How did the father change after the “accident”?
2. What promises did the father make to David?
3. How was David treated when the father was away?
4. Describe the bathroom “game”.
5. How did David survive this game?
6. How did the mother use David to earn money?
7. Describe the bathtub/backyard treatment.
8. How was David’s substitute teacher different from other teachers?
9. What was David’s life at school now like?
10. Why did the nurse call David into her office?
11. How did David’s brothers treat him?
12. Where did David start to sleep?
13. How was David treated by his father and his brothers when his mother was in the hospital?
14. What happened with the neighbor Shirley?
15. Why did the mother start treating David with kindness?
16. Why was David so easily fooled?