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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. What medical condition did Frank's parents suffer while Nancy was at the residential facility?
2. Where was the musical "Hair" playing in New York?
3. Where was Nancy's nursery?
4. Who was Mr. Grant?
5. Whom did Nancy try to stab when her parents were out of town?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened when Nancy took the medication Atarax?
2. 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?
3. Why did the Spungens want Suzy and Nancy to share a room and what happened?
4. What was the Darlington Institute?
5. What did Nancy declare to her parents in Chapter 12 about her death?
6. How did Nancy's time at the Lakeside Campus of the Darlington school system change her behavior?
7. Why was Deborah upset with Nancy's treatment at the Lakeside Campus?
8. Describe Nancy's temper tantrums as a toddler and how people handled them differently.
9. How did the media and press affect Deborah's grief?
10. Why was Nancy arrested in Colorado, and how did her parents rescue her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Students will write an essay explaining the effect rock and roll had on Nancy Spungen. How did Nancy discover rock and roll? What lengths did Nancy go to in order to be part of the music scene? How did music bond Sid and Nancy? Would Nancy's life have been different if she had not become part of the music scene? How has the music industry perpetuated the notoriety of Sid and Nancy?
Essay Topic 2
This book is a biography. How would Nancy change her story if she told it? Choose one chapter from the book. Rewrite it as though it were an autobiography. Your response should include all the events, people, and places Deborah describes in the chapter but from Nancy's point of view. Keep in mind Nancy's personality, thoughts about people and places, and how her point of view is different from her mother's.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that explores the relationship between Deborah Spungen and Sid Vicious after Nancy's death. Why did Sid continue communicating with Deborah? What were his motives? How did Deborah react to Sid's communication? Was this relationship harmful or hurtful to both Deborah and Sid? What did Deborah come to understand about Sid, Nancy, and the murder after communicating with Sid?
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