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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. What troubles did Nancy have when she began school?
(a) Reading.
(b) Making and keeping friends.
(c) Listening to the teacher.
(d) Writing.

2. Who was Dr. Blake?
(a) Deborah's therapist.
(b) Nancy's therapist.
(c) Nancy's pediatrician.
(d) Nancy's school principal.

3. When Nancy went home after her birth, what did she constantly do?
(a) Cry
(b) Eat.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Cough.

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

5. Where did Frank take Nancy after her brother was released from the hospital?
(a) Movies.
(b) New York.
(c) Circus.
(d) Shopping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Spungens' family pet?

2. Who was Mr. Grant?

3. Who helped Nancy's parents buy a semi-detached house?

4. What did the Spungens name their second daughter?

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

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

3. 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?

4. How did Nancy's time at the Lakeside Campus of the Darlington school system change her behavior?

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

6. 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?

7. What medical issues did Nancy face when she was first born?

8. How did Nancy's relationship with Jeff improve her behavior?

9. What was Nancy's relationship like with the Bebees, and how did she react when they were no longer with her?

10. What did Nancy declare to her parents in Chapter 12 about her death?

(see the answer keys)

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