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

2. Where was Nancy leaving when she got into an accident in her mom's car?

3. Why did Nancy leave the first school she attended in the Darlington school system?

4. How did Nancy react to the medication she took after a throat infection?

5. What was the name of the elderly couple that watched Nancy in the residential facility?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Darlington Institute?

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

3. Describe Nancy's temper tantrums as a toddler and how people handled them differently.

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

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

6. 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?

7. Where was Nancy placed after she attacked her mother with a hammer, and how did the Spungens feel about her placement?

8. Why did Deborah feel so bonded to Nancy when she was first born?

9. What did Deborah do for work when David started nursery school?

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

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

Write an essay that explores the Spungens' involvement with the Parents of Murdered Children group. In your essay, be sure to answer the following questions:

1) How did the POMC help Frank and Deborah grieve?

2) Why did Deborah want to help other families?

3) How did the POMC support families of murdered children?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that examines how Frank and Nancy Spungen were often blamed for Nancy's troubles. In your response, answer the following questions:

1) How did the medical community blame the Spungens? Cite specific examples.

2) How did the school system blame the Spungens? Cite specific examples.

3) How did the legal system, both before and after Nancy's death, blame the Spungens? Cite specific examples.

4) In what ways did the Spungens blame themselves for Nancy's troubles?

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