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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 after she almost threw a pet down the stairs?

2. What marital problems did the Spungens encounter?

3. How did Dr. Cott treat schizophrenics?

4. How did Nancy react when she almost threw a pet down the stairs?

5. Who helped Nancy's parents buy a semi-detached house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Nancy's relationship like with the Bebees, and how did she react when they were no longer with her?

4. How did Nancy respond when she was first introduced to rock and roll?

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

6. What did Dr. Blake's evaluation of Nancy say was the root of her problems? How did this make the Spungens feel?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In this essay, students will explain how the media treated the Spungens before and after Nancy's death.

1) What inquiries did the media make about Nancy while she was alive?

2) Why were the press interested in Nancy and how did she feel about the media attention?

3) How did the media treat the Spungens after Nancy's death?

4) To what extent did the media go to get ore information about Nancy?

5) How did the Spungens react to the media's attention?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that explores the relationship between Deborah Spungen and Sid Vicious after Nancy's death. Why did Sid continue communicating with Deborah? What were his motives? How did Deborah react to Sid's communication? Was this relationship harmful or hurtful to both Deborah and Sid? What did Deborah come to understand about Sid, Nancy, and the murder after communicating with Sid?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that examines Sid's and Nancy's relationship. How did their relationship change from when they first met until Nancy's death? How did they treat each other? Why did Nancy stay in the relationship after it became abusive? What role did drugs play in their relationship? What attracted Nancy to Sid and vice-versa?

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