View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pet did Nancy try to throw down the stairs?

2. Why was Deborah hospitalized shortly after the birth of her son?

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

4. Whose office did Nancy destroy in a fit of rage?

5. What did the Spungens name their second daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Deborah's mother feel about her pregnancy with Nancy?

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

3. Why was Deborah upset with Nancy's treatment at the Lakeside Campus?

4. What was the Darlington Institute?

5. What did David and Suzy reveal to the parents about their own drug use?

6. How did Deborah Spungen's grief prompt her to write this book?

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

8. What did the neurologist find when he tested Nancy at her allergist's recommendation?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How were the Spungens let down by the medical community? In your response, be sure to address the following:

1) In what ways did the Spungens reach out to the medical community?

2) How did the medical community respond to the Spungens' call for help?

3) How was Nancy treated by the medical community?

4) Would Nancy's life have been different if the medical community had acted differently?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways did Nancy's murder bring the Spungens closer as a family? How did Suzy and David react to Nancy's death? How did they deal with their grief? How did the Spungens support their children after Nancy's murder? How did the grief process evolve for the family?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that explores the relationship between Deborah Spungen and her daughter Nancy. How did Nancy's early medical history bond mother and daughter? Why did Deborah feel responsible for Nancy's issues? In what ways did Deborah support her daughter? Did Deborah enable Nancy's destructive behavior? What was their relationship like toward the end of Nancy's life? How did Nancy continue to confide in her mother? What responsibilities did Deborah feel towards her daughter?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,358 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample