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A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer

Name: _______________________________
Period: _________
Across
_____ is the term David used to describe the evil, mean person who took care of him.
David's oldest brother
People tended to "_____ their problems under the rug" instead of talking about them and getting help during this time period.
One time, Mother purposely allowed food to _____ before she threw it in the trash can because she knew David would eat it.
Mother made David swallow _____ which made it unable for David to breathe.
David is a ____ of child abuse.
When it was extremely cold, Mother would send David outside to _____.
Mother soon stopped using David's name and began calling him _____ _____.
David's muscles were thin and stringy because he was _____.
Daly City, California - 1960s-1970s
When David prayed to God, he had _____ that he would one day survive.
Mother said she wanted to start over with David because she had been informed that someone would be coming from _____ _____ to check on her.
David dreamed about food because he was _____.
Author
This story takes place in the _____.
Mother slammed David's face into a _____ diaper and told him to "Eat it!"
David was starved, left behind when his family went on vacation, and wasn't given gifts from Santa. (Which part of plot development?)
The school nurse checked David every day for an entire ____ before he was finally removed from Mother.
Mother was an _____.
David's parents eventually _____.
Down
The author's purpose for writing this book was to _____ others about child abuse.
What genre is A Child Called It?
Third child
Mother used _____ as a weapon.
Fourth child
Sometimes David would _____ food from the store because he was so hungry.
A person, group, or animal made to bear the blame for the sins or errors of others
Father's occupation was a ____.
In chapter one, David was _____ from his abusive mother.
A Child Called It is the first book in the _____ by Dave Pelzer.
It is very likely that Mother had a _____ _____.
_____ is the term David used to describe the kind, loving woman who took care of him.
What device did people listen to music with during this time period?
When David was taken away from mother - Which part of plot development?
If anyone asked David about his bruises, he was always supposed to say that it was an "_____."
David compared his family to the _____ _____ because in the beginning they were the "Perfect Family."
Mother is the _____ of the story.
David was so hungry, he actually ate food from the _____ ____.
Youngest brother
At the end of the story, David believed that his mother would eventually ____ him.
Where did Father usually hang out?
Eventually, Mother stopped calling David "the boy" and began calling him _____.