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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. The director of the psychiatric clinic suspected that Nancy suffered from _____________.
2. What marital problems did the Spungens encounter?
3. Why was Nancy arrested for a second time?
4. Whom did Nancy try to stab when her parents were out of town?
5. Who was the main person in charge at the second school Nancy attended?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did David and Suzy reveal to the parents about their own drug use?
2. How did Nancy's relationship with Jeff improve her behavior?
3. What happened when Nancy took the medication Atarax?
4. What was the Darlington Institute?
5. How did Nancy react when her sister was born?
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 Dr. Cott disappoint Nancy and Deborah?
9. 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?
10. What was Nancy's final year at Lakeside like?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What did Deborah ultimately come to understand about Nancy's death? In your response, answer the following questions:
1) What role did Deborah assume Sid had in Nancy's murder?
2) What evidence supported Deborah's assumptions about Sid's involvement (use text evidence about Nancy and Sid's relationship)
3) How and why did her feelings about Sid's involvement change over time?
4) What evidence did Deborah provide (throughout the book) that supports Sid's claims that Nancy wanted to die?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Nancy's experiences in school. In your essay, be sure to address the following:
1) All the schools Nancy attended and the affect they had on her behavior
2) How school administrators treated Nancy's behavior
3) Life in college
4) Nancy's high intelligence and how she felt about school
5) Ways that Nancy educated herself.
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