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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Deborah describe Nancy's state of mind when she tried to throw a pet down the stairs?
(a) Calm.
(b) Angry.
(c) Trance like.
(d) Lucid.

2. Whom did Nancy try to stab when her parents were out of town?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her brother.
(c) The babysitter.
(d) Her grandmother.

3. How old was Nancy was she died?
(a) Nineteen years old.
(b) Twenty-five years old.
(c) Twenty-one years old.
(d) Twenty years old.

4. What medication did Nancy steal from her mother in an attempt to overdose?
(a) Morphine.
(b) Valium.
(c) Vicodin.
(d) Tylenol with Codine.

5. Who lived around the corner from Nancy's first pediatrician?
(a) Frank's parents.
(b) Sid Vicious.
(c) Deborah's mother.
(d) Frank's boss.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Nancy's brother break his leg?

2. Where did Deborah take Nancy when she hyperventilated after getting frustrated when making a bracelet?

3. Why did Nancy attack her mother with a hammer?

4. What immediate health problems did the Spungens' third child have?

5. What did her first boyfriend do that Nancy liked?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Right before Nancy started school, what did her parents and doctors believe Nancy needed in order to help her behavior? Why were the Spungens so willing to accept this as truth?

3. What was Nancy's final year at Lakeside like?

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

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

6. Why did the Spungens want Suzy and Nancy to share a room and what happened?

7. What was the Darlington Institute?

8. What happened when Nancy took the medication Atarax?

9. Describe Nancy's temper tantrums as a toddler and how people handled them differently.

10. Why did Nancy get angry with her mother when she bought a box of Saran Wrap? What did she do in response?

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