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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. Who was Mr. Grant?
2. What school subject frustrated Nancy?
3. Who helped Nancy's parents buy a semi-detached house?
4. How did Nancy treat her baby sister when she was first born?
5. Who lived around the corner from Nancy's first pediatrician?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did doctors respond to Deborah when she voiced concern over Nancy's medical issues as an infant?
2. What medical issues did Nancy face when she was first born?
3. In what ways did Nancy control the house as a small child?
4. 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?
5. How did Deborah Spungen's grief prompt her to write this book?
6. What was Nancy's final year at Lakeside like?
7. How did Deborah's mother feel about her pregnancy with Nancy?
8. Why did Nancy get angry with her mother when she bought a box of Saran Wrap? What did she do in response?
9. How did Nancy's time at the Lakeside Campus of the Darlington school system change her behavior?
10. What did the neurologist find when he tested Nancy at her allergist's recommendation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
How did fame fuel Sid and Nancy's destructive lives? In your response, address the following points:
1) The Sex Pistols' outrageous behavior and the fame it brought
2) Nancy's attention to Sid's fame and musical following
3) Examine the ways the media's attention perpetuated the fame surrounding Sid and Nancy.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that explores the way Frank and Deborah Spungen handled Nancy's escalating behavior. How were Frank and Deborah's approaches to Nancy different in the beginning of her life? What effect did Nancy's behavior have on Frank and Deborah's relationship? How were Frank and Deborah treated by those from whom they sought help? How did this treatment continue even in Nancy's death?
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