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

2. How old was Nancy when she graduated from high school?

3. Where did Deborah take Nancy after she almost threw a pet down the stairs?

4. What was the name of the hotel Nancy stayed in with her family when the visited New York?

5. What did Nancy give her sister that prompted Deborah to get Nancy help from a New York psychiatrist?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Spungens want Suzy and Nancy to share a room and what happened?

2. What was Nancy's final year at Lakeside like?

3. How did Nancy react when her sister was born?

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

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

6. How did the media and press affect Deborah's grief?

7. How did Nancy's time at the Lakeside Campus of the Darlington school system change her behavior?

8. 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?

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

10. What was the Darlington Institute?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that describes how the Spungens were treated by people after Nancy's murder. In your response, be sure to explain the roles of the police, coroner, district attorney, and the press. How was this treatment a pattern in the Spungens' constant search to do right by their daughter? How have their reactions to this treatment changed since Nancy's birth?

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

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?

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