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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. At age eleven, Nancy refused to ______________.
2. Where was the musical "Hair" playing in New York?
3. Who was Mr. Grant?
4. What school subject frustrated Nancy?
5. Whose office did Nancy destroy in a fit of rage?
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. Why did the Spungens want Suzy and Nancy to share a room and what happened?
3. Where was Nancy placed after she attacked her mother with a hammer, and how did the Spungens feel about her placement?
4. What was Nancy's relationship like with the Bebees, and how did she react when they were no longer with her?
5. How did Nancy's time at the Lakeside Campus of the Darlington school system change her behavior?
6. Why did Deborah feel so bonded to Nancy when she was first born?
7. How did Nancy respond when she was first introduced to rock and roll?
8. What did the neurologist find when he tested Nancy at her allergist's recommendation?
9. How did the media and press affect Deborah's grief?
10. How did Nancy react when her sister was born?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What were Deborah Spungen's motivations for writing this book? In your essay, answer the following questions:
1) What did Deborah want people to know about Nancy?
2) How did the media attention stemming from Nancy's death affect Deborah's decision?
3) What lessons can the reader learn from the Spungens' experiences (trying to get Nancy the help she needed, drugs, etc)?
4) How did writing this book help Deborah Spungen come to terms with Nancy's life and death?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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