And I Don't Want to Live This Life Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Deborah Spungen
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

And I Don't Want to Live This Life Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Deborah Spungen
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Nancy arrested for a second time?

2. Where was Nancy leaving when she got into an accident in her mom's car?

3. What did Nancy give her sister that prompted Deborah to get Nancy help from a New York psychiatrist?

4. What was the name of the first school that Nancy attended in the Darlington school system?

5. Who lived around the corner from Nancy's first pediatrician?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Nancy's behavior after the birth of her brother different than her actions after her sister was born? What does this suggest about her behavior?

2. What did Deborah do for work when David started nursery school?

3. How did the media and press affect Deborah's grief?

4. How did Nancy respond when she was first introduced to rock and roll?

5. What did Dr. Blake's evaluation of Nancy say was the root of her problems? How did this make the Spungens feel?

6. What did Nancy do in New York to defy her parents, and how did they react?

7. How did Deborah's mother feel about her pregnancy with Nancy?

8. How did doctors respond to Deborah when she voiced concern over Nancy's medical issues as an infant?

9. How did Dr. Cott disappoint Nancy and Deborah?

10. What did David and Suzy reveal to the parents about their own drug use?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the title of this book? In your essay, explain how Deborah got to know the line, "And I don't want to live this life." What does this quote mean? How is it significant to the life story of Nancy Spungen? Who said it? Why was it important to Deborah? Provide textual evidence from the book that supports this as an appropriate title for Nancy's life story.

Essay Topic 2

What steps did the Spungens take to help other "Nancys"? Why did the Spungens want to help others? How did they provide emotional support to families who were touched by their child's murder? How did Frank and Deborah provide financial support to families struggling with drugs?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that explores the way Frank and Deborah Spungen handled Nancy's escalating behavior. How were Frank and Deborah's approaches to Nancy different in the beginning of her life? What effect did Nancy's behavior have on Frank and Deborah's relationship? How were Frank and Deborah treated by those from whom they sought help? How did this treatment continue even in Nancy's death?

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